firefox

Mozilla firefox 19.0.2 stable is now available for download from Mozilla’s website.This is a Security-driven release.

What’s new in this firefox 19.0.2?

Fixed:

Use-after-free in HTML Editor:use-after-free within the HTML editor when content script is run by the document.execCommand() function while internal editor operations are occurring. This could allow for arbitrary code execution.
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Mozilla firefox 19 stable is now available for download from Mozilla’s FTP site. It is currently not available on the firefox official homepage but expected to be available in feb 20.

What’s new in this firefox 19?

Built-in PDF viewer
Canvas elements can export their content as an image blob using canvas.toBlob
Startup performance improvements
Debugger now supports pausing on exceptions and hiding non-enumerable properties
Remote Web Console is available for connecting to Firefox on Android or Firefox OS (experimental, set devtools.debugger.remote-enabled to true)
There is now a Browser Debugger available for add-on and browser developers (experimental, set devtools.chrome.enabled to true)
Web Console CSS links now open in the Style Editor
CSS page is now supported
CSS viewport-percentage length units implemented (vh, vw, vmin and vmax)
CSS text-transform now supports full-width
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Mozilla firefox 18.0.2 final is now available for download.This is a bug fix release.

what’s new in this firefox 18.0.2?

Fixed:
Fix JavaScript related stability issues
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Mozilla firefox 18.0.1 final is now available for download.This is a bug fix release.

what’s new in this firefox 18.0.1?

Fixed:
Problems involving HTTP Proxy Transactions (Associated bugs)
Unity player crashes on Mac OS X
Disabled HIDPI support on external monitors to avoid rendering glitches (bug 814434)
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Mozilla firefox 18 final is now available for download.

what’s new in this firefox 18?

Faster JavaScript performance via IonMonkey compiler
Support for Retina Display on OS X 10.7 and up
Preliminary support for WebRTC
Experience better image quality with our new HTML scaling algorithm
Performance improvements around tab switching
Support for new DOM property window.devicePixelRatio
Improvement in startup time through smart handling of signed extension certificates
Support for W3C touch events implemented, taking the place of MozTouch events
Disable insecure content loading on HTTPS pages
Improved responsiveness for users on proxies
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Mozilla announced on its blog that animated themes would no longer work in the upcoming Firefox 18, due to performance issue with Personas Plus.
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Mozilla firefox 17 final is now available for download.

what’s new in this firefox 17?

First revision of the Social API and support for Facebook Messenger.
Click-to-play blocklisting implemented to prevent vulnerable plugin versions from running without the user’s permission.
Updated Awesome Bar experience with larger icons.
Mac OS X 10.5 is no longer supported.
JavaScript Maps and Sets are now iterable.
SVG FillPaint and StrokePaint implemented.
Improvements that make the Web Console, Debugger and Developer Toolbar faster and easier to use
New Markup panel in the Page Inspector allows easy editing of the DOM
Sandbox attribute for iframes implemented, enabling increased security
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