Mozilla Firefox 17 beta released

Mozilla Firefox 17 beta is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this beta?

Click-to-play blocklisting implemented to prevent vulnerable plugin versions from running without the user’s permission
Mac OS X 10.8: Support for Notification Center
Updated Awesome Bar experience with larger icons
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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Mozilla firefox 16 released

Mozilla firefox 16 final is now available for download.

what’s new in this firefox 16?

Firefox on Mac OS X now has preliminary VoiceOver support turned on by default
Initial web app support (Windows/Mac/Linux)
Acholi and Kazakh localizations added
Improvements around JavaScript responsiveness through incremental garbage collection
New Developer Toolbar with buttons for quick access to tools, error count for the Web Console, and a new command line for quick keyboard access
CSS3 Animations, Transitions, Transforms and Gradients unprefixed in Firefox 16
Recently opened files list in Scratchpad implemented
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How to enable built-in PDF Reader in Firefox 15

To enable built-in PDF Reader in Firefox 15 or above

1.Open firefox web browser.
2.Type about:config and hit Enter in the address bar.
3.And click I’ll be careful, I promise! button.
4.In the search bar type pdfjs.disabled and then right click this option.
5.In the context menu choose Toggle to change the setting from True to False or double-click the entry.

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Mozilla firefox 15.0.1 released

Mozilla firefox 15.0.1 is now available for download. This is a bug fixed release.what’s new in this firefox 15.0.1?

Fixed:
Sites visited while in Private Browsing mode could be found through manual browser cache inspection.

The private browsing mode bug affected all versions of the browser from Firefox 15 to the latest Nightly builds.

please check this Bug 787743
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Mozilla firefox 15 released

Mozilla firefox 15 final 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 August 28, 2012

what’s new in this firefox 15?

Preliminary native PDF support (Aurora/Beta only)
Support for SPDY networking protocol v3
WebGL enhancements, including compressed textures for better performance
Optimized memory usage for add-ons
JavaScript debugger integrated into developer tools
New layout view added to Inspector
The CSS word-break property has been implemented.
High precision event timer implemented
New responsive design tool allows web developers to switch between desktop and mobile views of sites
Native support for the Opus audio codec added
The source element now supports the media attribute
The audio and video elements now support the played attribute
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Mozilla firefox 14.0.1 released

Mozilla firefox 14.0.1 final is now available for download from Mozilla’s FTP site. It is currently not available on the firefox official homepage. Why 14.0.1 and not 14.0?. Mozilla decided to skip Firefox 14.0 to synchronize versions between the desktop and mobile versions.

what’s new in this firefox 14.0.1?

Google searches now utilize HTTPS
Full screen support for Mac OS X Lion implemented
Plugins can now be configured to only load on click (requires an about:config change)
The Awesome Bar now auto-completes typed URLs
Improved site identity manager, to prevent spoofing of an SSL connection with favicons
Pointer Lock API implemented
New API to prevent your display from sleeping
New text-transform and font-variant CSS improvements for Turkic languages and Greek
FIXED: OS X: nsCocoaWindow::ConstrainPosition uses wrong screen in multi-display setup
FIXED:CSS :hover regression when an element’s class name is set by Javascript
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