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Firefox 18 has been released

• 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 (62178)
• Improved responsiveness for users on proxies (769764)

Release Notes

Firefox version 16 has been released:

• Fixed Vulnerability could allow a malicious site to potentially determine which websites users have visited and have access to the URL or URL parameters
• 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
• Debugger breakpoints do not catch on page reload (783393)
• No longer supporting MD5 as a hash algorithm in digital signatures (650355)
• Opus support by default (772341)
• Reverse animation direction has been implemented (655920)
• Per tab reporting in about:memory (687724)
• User Agent strings for pre-release Firefox versions now show only major version (728831)

Firefox version 15 has been released:

• Silent, background updates
• Support for SPDY networking protocol v3
• WebGL enhancements, including compressed textures for better performance
• Localization in Maithili
• Optimized memory usage for add-ons
• JavaScript debugger integrated into developer tools
• New layout view added to Inspector
• High precision event timer implemented
• The CSS word-break property has been 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 <audio> and <video> elements now support the played attribute
• The element now supports the media attribute
• Focus rings keep growing when repeatedly tabbing through elements (720987)

A new version of Firefox has been released:

• Firefox can now migrate your bookmarks, history, and cookies from Google Chrome
• With Sync enabled, add-ons can now be synchronized across your computers
• The CSS text-size-adjust property is now supported
• Redesigned media controls for HTML5 video
• The outerHTML property is now supported on HTML elements
• View source syntax highlighting now uses the HTML5 parser (see bug 482921)
• The Style Editor for CSS editing is now available to web developers
• Web developers can now visualize a web page in 3D using the Page Inspector 3D View
• SPDY protocol support for faster page loads is now testable
• XMLHttpRequest now supports HTML parsing
• Files can now be stored in IndexedDB (see bug 661877)
• Websockets has now been unprefixed
• Various security fixes
• Firefox notifications may not work properly with Growl 1.3 or later (691662)

Firefox

A new version of Firefox has been released:

• The forward button is now hidden until you navigate back
• Most add-ons are now compatible with new versions of Firefox by default
• Anti-Aliasing for WebGL is now implemented
• CSS3 3D-Transforms are now supported
• New <bdi> element for bi-directional text isolation, along with supporting CSS properties
• Full Screen APIs allow you to build a web application that runs full screen
• We’ve added IndexedDB APIs to more closely match the specification
• Inspect tool with content highlighting, includes new CSS Style Inspector
• Mac OS X only – after installing the latest Java release from Apple, Firefox may crash when closing a tab with a Java applet installed
• Some users may experience a crash when moving bookmarks

Release Notes Firefox 10

A new version of Firefox has been released:

• Fixed a rare issue where some users could find one or more of their add-ons hidden after a Firefox update (see Issue discovered with Firefox add-on upgrades)

Oh for gods sake Mozilla, the latest version of Firefox has the following changes:

• Drastically improved memory handling for certain use cases
• Added a new rendering backend to speed up Canvas operations on Windows systems
• Bookmark and password changes now sync almost instantly when using Firefox Sync
• The ‘http://’ URL prefix is now hidden by default
• Added support for text-overflow: ellipsis
• Added support for the Web Timing specification
• Enhanced support for MathML
• The WebSocket protocol has been updated from version 7 to version 8
• Added an opt-in system for users to send performance data back to Mozilla to improve future versions of Firefox
• Fixed several stability issues
• Fixed several security issues

Firefox 7.0 Release Notes

Another update, more root certificate changes & a fix for .gov.uk domains:

• Removed trust exceptions for certificates issued by Staat der Nederlanden (see bug 683449 and the security advisory)
• Resolved an issue with gov.uk websites (see bug 669792)

This is a small update to remove a root certificate:

• Revoked the root certificate for DigiNotar due to fraudulent SSL certificate issuance (see bug 682927 and the security advisory)