---
title: "Firefox 2 Officially Launches"
date: 2006-10-24
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2006"
    url: "/tag/2006.md"
---

# Firefox 2 Officially Launches

The moment has arrived, Mozilla has [pushed the go-live button on Firefox 2](https://web.archive.org/web/20110413114312/http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/). The new final 2.0 version of the browser is now available for everyone to download.

Read/WriteWeb has been actively covering the launch, most recently with [a pre-launch interview with Chris Beard](https://web.archive.org/web/20110413114312/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/firefox_2_launch_interview.php) – Mozilla Vice President of Products. We’ve also [reviewed the product](https://web.archive.org/web/20110413114312/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/firefox_20_review.php) and have additional notes on [how Mozilla plans to market](https://web.archive.org/web/20110413114312/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/firefox2_marketing.php) Firefox 2. [ Digg](https://web.archive.org/web/20110413114312/http://digg.com/tech_news/Firefox_2_Launch_Interview_With_Chris_Beard_Mozilla_VP_Products) and [Slashdot](https://web.archive.org/web/20110413114312/http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/24/1311239) have additional commentary.

For a look at the competition, you may also want to check out [our comparative review of Internet Explorer 7](https://web.archive.org/web/20110413114312/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/internet_explorer7_review.php).

And the R/WW coverage doesn’t stop there! We have a couple of other in-depth articles coming soon, one about Firefox add-ons and a special one on a yet-to-be-disclosed topic 😉

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/firefox_2_launch_final.php))*