Officially, the first Firefox 2.0 “Bon Echo” alpha isn’t here yet. Unofficially, Firefox 2.0 code for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows is already available from the Mozilla Foundation’s ftp sites.

Version 2.0 is intended to be an improved version of Firefox 1.5, rather than breaking new ground, according to Ben Goodger, Firefox’s lead engineer.

Users who want to try it anyway can count on seeing broken extensions and other problems. For example, in kicking the tires of this pre-alpha release we found several pages that display properly under Firefox 1.5, which failed to appear correctly under 2.0.

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