Mozilla has released Version 17.0 of the Firefox browser. The most significant changes are larger icons in the Awesome Bar, a new Social API, a click-to-play blocklist to prevent outdated plugins from loading, performance improvements and bug fixes.
[h=3]What’s New[/h]
FIXED[h=5]20.0: Security fixes can be found here[/h] NEW[h=5]Per-window Private Browsing. Learn more.[/h] NEW[h=5]New download experience. Learn more.[/h] NEW[h=5]Ability to close hanging plugins, without the browser hanging[/h] CHANGED[h=5]Continued performance improvements around common browser tasks (page loads, downloads,shutdown, etc.)[/h] DEVELOPER[h=5]Continued implementation of draft ECMAScript 6 -clear() and Math.imul[/h] DEVELOPER[h=5]New JavaScript Profiler tool[/h] HTML5[h=5]getUserMedia implemented for web access to the user's camera and microphone (with user permission)[/h] HTML5[h=5]<canvas> now supports blend modes[/h] HTML5[h=5]Various <audio> and <video> improvements[/h] FIXED[h=5]Details button on Crash Reporter (793972)[/h] FIXED[h=5]Unity plugin doesn't display in HiDPI mode (829284)[/h]
[h=3]Known Issues[/h]
UNRESOLVED[h=5]If you try to start Firefox using a locked profile, it will crash (see 573369)[/h] UNRESOLVED[h=5]Some function keys may not work when pressed (see833719)[/h]Unresolved on v19 Link Removed
UNRESOLVED[h=5]Browsing and Download history clearing needs unification to avoid confusion on clearing download history (see 847627)[/h]Unresolved on v20 Link Removed
UNRESOLVED[h=5]Download statusbar add-on continues downloading files from Normal Browsing, when switching to Private Browsing (see 853463)[/h] UNRESOLVED[h=5]Copy actions are broken on HTML5 videos (see855726)[/h]Unresolved on v19 Link Removed
Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser developed for Windows, OS X and Linux, with a mobile version for Android, by Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation. Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine to render web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards. As of October 2012, Firefox has approximately 20% to 24% of worldwide usage share of web browsers, making it the third most used web browser, according to different sources. According to...