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There is little to get excited about in the latest Firefox browser, but companies should install it anyway

The Mozilla Corporation has released the first beta of Firefox 2.0, supposedly a major new release of the most popular alternative to Internet Explorer.

The full release is set for August, but users may be disappointed by the extent of the changes from version 1.5. Cosmetically it is nearly identical, and the Places feature, a new system for managing bookmarks and browser history, has been withdrawn.

Firefox 2.0 is not completely lacking in new features. Among the highlights is built-in spellchecking, which means you can check the spelling in your blog entry or on any online form, complete with right-click corrections. Other features include a phishing site detector, which checks sites against a list maintained by Google. Even so, the extent of the changes is underwhelming. Firefox deserves your support - WhatPC?