In order to meet their announced deadline, Mozilla has removed the "places" feature from Firefox 2.0. The good news is that we should still see 2.0 launch on time in Q3 of this year.

"While Places had made it into the first public alpha release of Firefox 2.0, codenamed 'Bon Echo,' it had been pulled previously. In announcing the decision, Mozilla's director of engineering Mike Schroepfer said the company wanted to ensure a quality release."