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Posted: **Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:53 am**

Name:Bon Echo
Size:5.3mb for Windows,17MB for Mac OSX Universal Binary,8.8mb for Linux
Format:.exe
Description:From the official web site

Bon Echo Alpha 3 is the third developer milestone focused on testing the core functionality provided by many new features and changes to the platform scheduled for Firefox 2. Ongoing planning for Firefox 2 can be followed at the Bon Echo Planning Center, as well as in mozilla.dev.planning and on irc.mozilla.org in #bonecho.

New features and changes in this milestone that require feedback include:

* Built in Anti-Phishing protection.
* Search suggestions now appear with search history in the search box for Google and Yahoo!
* Support for client-side session and persistent storage.

And please continue to test out these other features which are new from previous Bon Echo releases:

* Changes to tabbed browsing behavior
* Search plugin manager for removing and re-ordering search engines
* Better support for previewing and subscribing to web feeds
* New microsummaries feature for bookmarks
* Inline spell checking in text boxes
* Automatic restoration of your browsing session if there is a crash
* New combined and improved Add-Ons manager for extensions and themes
* Extended search plugin format
* Updates to the extension system to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions
* Support for SVG text using svg:textPath

The Bon Echo start page has also been changed to make it easier for testers to provide feedback and report bugs.

Link(s):
Windows(5.3mb)
Mac OS X Universal Binary (17 MB)
Linux (8.8 MB)
I would personally recommend you to test it but it's a beta version so there may be some problems!Try to read here:http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bonecho ... 2.0a3.html
And the official website:http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/in ... -released/

Posted: **Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:17 pm**

yes man its great pro

Posted: **Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:10 am**

bon echo doest have more functionality than firefox

Posted: **Mon Dec 25, 2006 12:35 am**

I have never heard of it but i do like firefox

Posted: **Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:51 am**

Wow is mozilla making a third internet navigator?? Im using firefox 2 right now... is that bon echo better than the firefox? or will the firefox change the name to it... bah I didnt get it... wtf is that?

Posted: **Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:31 pm**

It sounds like it was just a beta version of the firefox that's out now anyway.

Posted: **Thu Dec 28, 2006 7:40 pm**

I've nvr heard of it be4, i i'm gonna try it out.

Posted: **Fri Jan 05, 2007 4:15 am**

I'm sorry but I don't see many important changes made with bono. It looks the same, works the same and firefox is practically the same thing so if you have mozilla already you need not apply.

Posted: **Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:32 am**

thanks for the info.But i think firefox is better.Both are same..

Posted: **Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:52 am**

fast,clean and safe,that's great!

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Bon Echo(Next Generation of Firefox)

Bon Echo(Next Generation of Firefox)

yes it great