The progress bar lets you know how much of the file has been downloaded, and the cancel button lets you stop the transfer. You can continue to surf the net from the other windows. The Preferences controls have been rearranged into seperate categories beneath the Option menu. For this beta release, prototype panels are in place. Work continues on an improved, final version.
Links provide a way to get more detailed information about the elements in a document.
Previously, form input was limited to input boxes and other simple elements like checkboxes and radio buttons. Now you can write forms that ask for files as input, as described in an IETF Internet Draft. For hostnames other than ftp or gopher, the Navigator will default to http. If you have an http server named ftp or gopher, you can still get to it by typing the protocol identifier. Cache filenames now have extensions that indicate file type.