According to scheduling documents linked to from the Mozilla site, the developers expect Beta 2 to arrive in about four weeks, followed by two or three release candidates during early September, and a possible final release of Firefox 2.0 on Sept. 26. Of course, all of these milestone dates are subject to change. But with the release of Beta 1, Firefox 2.0's final release is no longer a distant eventuality.
To test Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 for yourself, download the one in your preferred platform version and language at the Mozilla FTP site, or use these direct download links for U.S. English versions:
- Windows (ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0b1/win32/en-US/Firefox%20Setup%202.0%20Beta%201.exe)
- Linux (ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0b1/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0b1.tar.gz)
- Macintosh (ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0b1/mac/en-US/Firefox%202.0%20Beta%201.dmg)