Firefox Friday -- "Beta 2 is coming, and it'll break stuff" edition

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As Sebastian jaunts around Montenegro snapping photos, the task has fallen to me to cover this week's spate of Firefox news... So grab your stuffed Foxkeh and pull up a chair -- it's time for the Friday Five!

Firefox 4 Beta 2 is coming soon (as in today, maybe)!
... Which is great news! I've been using Firefox 4 for my primary browser since the first beta builds showed up on the Mozilla nightly servers. It's fast and as customizable as it ever was, and Sebastian even discovered that its hardware acceleration performance was right up there with Internet Explorer 9's.

Beta 2 was actually slated for release today, but the download page is still serving up b1. When it's ready, you'll find Firefox 4 beta 2 at getfirefox.com/beta/.

As with many good changes, however, all the improvements in Firefox 4 can't come with some kind of trade off... Right?

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