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'''Mozilla Firefox''' was created by [[Dave Hyatt]] and [[Blake Ross]] as an experimental branch of the [[Mozilla]] browser. [[#Version 1.0|Firefox 1.0]] was released on November 9, 2004, [[#Version 1.5|Firefox 1.5]] was released on November 29, 2005, and [[Firefox 2|version 2.0]] was released on October 24, 2006. [[Firefox 3.0]] was released on June 17, 2008, with [[Firefox 3.5]] and [[Firefox 3.6]] released on June 30, 2009 and January 21, 2010, respectively. [[Firefox 4]] was released on March 22, 2011. Since [[#Version 5|version 5.0]], a rapid release cycle was put into effect, resulting in a new major version release every six weeks on Tuesday. |
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The latest version, [[#Version 65|Firefox 65.0]], was released on January 29, 2019. |
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==Naming== |
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[[File:Phoenix0.1.PNG|thumb|Phoenix 0.1, the first official release]] |
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The project that became Firefox began as an experimental branch of the [[Mozilla Application Suite|Mozilla Suite]] called ''m/b'' (or ''mozilla/browser''). After it was sufficiently developed, [[Binary file|binaries]] for public testing appeared in September 2002 under the name ''Phoenix''. This name carried the implication of the [[Phoenix (mythology)|mythical firebird]] that rose triumphantly from the ashes of its dead predecessor, in this case [[Netscape Navigator]] which lost the "[[First browser war]]" to [[Microsoft]]'s [[Internet Explorer]]. The name ''Mozilla'' began as the internal [[Code name|codename]] for the original 1994 Netscape Navigator browser aiming to displace [[Mosaic (web browser)|NCSA Mosaic]] as the world's most popular [[web browser]]. The name for this would-be "Mosaic killer" was meant to evoke the building-crushing [[Godzilla]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEFu-B1wj1E&t=7m35s|title=How Microsoft Attacked the Beast who created Netscape, Mozilla Firefox & invested Skype|first=|last=pictopad|date=March 6, 2013|publisher=|accessdate=October 21, 2016|via=YouTube}}</ref> The name ''Mozilla'' was revived as the 1998 open sourcing spinoff organization from Netscape. |
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The name ''Phoenix'' remained until April 14, 2003, when it was changed because of a trademark dispute with the [[BIOS]] manufacturer [[Phoenix Technologies]] (which produces a BIOS-based browser called Phoenix FirstWare Connect). The new name, ''Firebird'', met with mixed reactions, particularly as the [[Firebird (database server)|Firebird database server]] already carried the name. In response, the Mozilla Foundation stated that the browser should always bear the name Mozilla Firebird to avoid confusion with the database software. |
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Due to continuing pressure from the Firebird community,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/desktop-apps/2004/02/10/new-mozilla-name-rises-from-ashes-39145898/ |title=New Mozilla name rises from ashes |author=Festa, Paul |date=February 10, 2004 |work=CNet News |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=April 3, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=Darkmorpher |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> on February 9, 2004 the project was renamed again to ''Mozilla Firefox''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www-archive.mozilla.org/press/mozilla-2004-02-09.html |title=NEW ROUND OF RELEASES EXTENDS MOZILLA PROJECT'S STANDARDS BASED OPEN SOURCE OFFERINGS |date=June 13, 2005 |work=archive.mozilla.org |publisher=Mozilla Foundation |accessdate=April 3, 2011}}</ref> The name "Firefox" (a reference to the [[red panda]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/firefox-name-faq.html |title=Brand Name Frequently Asked Questions |accessdate=July 28, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228204829/http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/firefox-name-faq.html |archivedate=February 28, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> was chosen for its similarity to "Firebird", and its uniqueness in the computing industry. To ensure that no further name changes would be necessary, the Mozilla Foundation began the process of registering ''Firefox''<ref>{{US trademark|78344043}}</ref> as a [[trademark]] with the [[United States Patent and Trademark Office]] in December 2003. This trademark process led to a delay of several months in the release of Firefox 0.8 when the foundation discovered that Firefox had already been registered as a trademark in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<ref>{{UK trademark|2007607}}</ref> for Charlton Company software.<ref>Class 09: Computer software for use in managed communications and connectivity. |
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Class 42: Computer consultancy services; licensing and rental of computer software; design and development of computer software; maintenance, installation and up-dating of computer software; advisory services relating to computer programs and software</ref> The situation was resolved when the foundation was given a license to use Charlton's European trademark. |
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==Early versions== |
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[[File:Delicious delicacies-Firefox0.9.3-Knoppix671.png|thumb|right|Early description of what [[HTTP cookie|cookies]] are in Preferences window of Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3. This description was soon dropped in later versions.]] |
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Hyatt, Ross, Hewitt and Chanial<ref>{{cite web |title=Phoenix 0.1 (Pescadero) release Notes and FAQ |publisher=Mozilla.org |url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/releases/0.1.html |accessdate=October 1, 2012}}</ref> developed their browser to combat the perceived [[software bloat]] of the [[Mozilla Application Suite|Mozilla Suite]] (codenamed, internally referred to, and continued by the community as ''[[SeaMonkey]]''), which integrated features such as [[Internet Relay Chat|IRC]], [[Email|mail]], news, and [[WYSIWYG]] [[HTML]] editing into one [[internet suite]]. |
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Firefox retains the [[cross-platform]] nature of the original Mozilla browser, using the [[XUL]] [[user interface markup language]]. The use of XUL makes it possible to extend the browser's capabilities through the use of [[Add-on (Mozilla)|extension]]s and [[skin (computing)|theme]]s. The development and installation processes of these add-ons raised security concerns, and with the release of Firefox 0.9, the Mozilla Foundation opened a Mozilla Update website containing "approved" themes and extensions. The use of XUL sets Firefox apart from other browsers, including other projects based on Mozilla's [[Gecko (layout engine)|Gecko]] [[Web browser engine|layout engine]] and most other browsers, which use interfaces native to their respective platforms ([[Galeon]] and [[Epiphany (web browser)|Epiphany]] use [[GTK+]], [[K-Meleon]] uses [[Microsoft Foundation Class Library|MFC]], and [[Camino (web browser)|Camino]] uses [[Cocoa (API)|Cocoa]]). Many of these projects started before Firefox, and probably served as inspiration. |
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On February 5, 2004, [[American Management Systems|AMS]], a business and [[Information technology consulting|IT consulting]] company, categorized Mozilla Firefox (then known as Firebird) as a "Tier 1" ("Best of Breed") [[Open-source model|open-source]] product, considering it technically strong and virtually risk-free.<ref name="keating">{{cite journal |last=Keating |first=Wick |title=Open source: Swimming with the tide. In ''Consultants' Briefing'' |
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===Phoenix 0.1 to Firebird 0.7=== |
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May 15, 2003 was the publication day of Phoenix 0.1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org:80/projects/firebird/0.1-release-notes.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204122055/http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/0.1-release-notes.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=December 4, 2003|title=Phoenix 0.1 (Pescadero) release Notes and FAQ|date=December 4, 2003|publisher=|accessdate=June 26, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org:80/projects/firebird/0.2-release-notes.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031203013057/http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/0.2-release-notes.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=December 3, 2003|title=Phoenix 0.2 (Santa Cruz) release Notes and FAQ|date=December 3, 2003|publisher=|accessdate=June 26, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org:80/projects/firebird/0.3-release-notes.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031203013057/http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/0.3-release-notes.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=December 3, 2003|title=Phoenix 0.3 (Lucia) release Notes and FAQ|date=December 3, 2003|publisher=|accessdate=June 26, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org:80/projects/firebird/0.4-release-notes.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031011050605/http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/0.4-release-notes.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=October 11, 2003|title=Phoenix 0.4 (Oceano) Release Notes and FAQ|date=October 11, 2003|publisher=|accessdate=June 26, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org:80/projects/firebird/0.5-release-notes.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031203013057/http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/0.5-release-notes.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=December 3, 2003|title=Phoenix 0.5 (Naples) Release Notes and FAQ|date=December 3, 2003|publisher=|accessdate=June 26, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org:80/projects/firebird/0.6-release-notes.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031203013057/http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/0.6-release-notes.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=December 3, 2003|title=Mozilla Firebird 0.6 Release Notes and FAQ|date=December 3, 2003|publisher=|accessdate=June 26, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org:80/projects/firebird/0.6.1-release-notes.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031203013057/http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/0.6.1-release-notes.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=December 3, 2003|title=Mozilla Firebird 0.6.1 Release Notes and FAQ|date=December 3, 2003|publisher=|accessdate=June 26, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref> October 26, 2003 was the publication day of Firebird 0.7.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org:80/projects/firebird/0.7-release-notes.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031028041058/http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/0.7-release-notes.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=October 28, 2003|title=Mozilla Firebird 0.7 Release Notes|date=October 28, 2003|publisher=|accessdate=June 26, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref> |
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===Version 1.0=== |
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[[File:Mozilla Firefox 1.0 front page screenshot.png|thumb|Firefox 1.0, the first release targeted for general public]] |
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Firefox 1.0 was released on November 9, 2004.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Release Notes |publisher=Mozilla |date=November 9, 2004 |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/releases/1.0.html |accessdate=June 13, 2012}}</ref> The launch of version 1.0 was accompanied by "a respectable amount of pre-launch fervor"<ref>{{cite news |title=Firefox browser takes on Microsoft |publisher=BBC News |date=November 9, 2004 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3993959.stm |accessdate=June 13, 2012}}</ref> including a fan-organized campaign to run a full-page ad in ''[[The New York Times]]''. |
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Although the Mozilla Foundation had intended to make the Mozilla Suite obsolete and replace it with Firefox, the Foundation continued to maintain the suite until April 12, 2006<ref>{{cite web |title=Sunset Announcement for Fx/Tb 1.0.x and Mozilla Suite 1.7.x |work=Mozilla Developer News » Blog Archive » |publisher=Mozilla Developer Network |date=April 12, 2006 |url= https://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2006/04/12/sunset-announcement-for-fxtb-10x-and-mozilla-suite-17x/ |accessdate=August 6, 2009}}</ref> because it had many corporate users and was bundled with other software. The Mozilla community (as opposed to the Foundation) continues to release new versions of the suite, using the product name [[SeaMonkey]] to avoid confusion with the original Mozilla Suite. |
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===Version 1.5=== |
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[[File:Deer Park alpha 1 options.png|thumb|Updated options window introduced in Firefox 1.5]] |
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[[File:Deer Park alpha 1 installation.png|thumb|"Deer Park", the codename of the Firefox 1.1 and 1.5 Alphas, did not include Firefox branding.]] |
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Firefox 1.5 was released on November 30, 2005. Originally, it was planned to have a version 1.1 at an earlier date as the new Firefox version after 1.0, with development on a later version (1.5) in a separate development branch, but during 2005 both branches and their feature sets were merged (the Mozilla Foundation abandoned the 1.1 release plan after the first two alpha builds), resulting in an official release date between the original dates planned for both versions. |
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Version 1.5 implemented a new [[MacOS|Mac]]-like [https://web.archive.org/web/20110623032221/http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/ben/archives/007377.html options interface], the subject of much criticism from [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Linux]] users, with a "[https://web.archive.org/web/20110623033135/http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/ben/archives/007150.html Sanitize]" action to allow someone to clear their privacy-related information without manually clicking the "Clear All" button. In Firefox 1.5, a user could clear all privacy-related settings simply by exiting the browser or using a keyboard shortcut, depending on their settings. Moreover, the software update system was [https://web.archive.org/web/20110623032258/http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/ben/archives/008067.html improved] (with binary patches now possible). There were also [https://web.archive.org/web/20110623031727/http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/ben/archives/008066.html improvements] in the extension management system, with a number of [https://www-archive.mozilla.org/projects/deerpark/new-extension-dev-features.html new developer features]. In addition, Firefox 1.5 had preliminary [[Scalable Vector Graphics|SVG]] 1.1 support.<ref>as shown in Mozilla's [[Bugzilla]] database</ref> |
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Behind the screens, the new version resynchronized the code base of the release builds (as opposed to nightly builds) with the core "trunk", which contained additional features not available in 1.0, as it [[Fork (software development)|branched]] from the trunk around the 0.9 release. As such, there was a backlog of bug fixes between 0.9 and the release of 1.0, which were made available in 1.5. |
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There were also changes in [[operating system]] support. As announced on 23 June 2005 by the Mozilla Foundation, Firefox 1.1, which later became 1.5, and other new Mozilla products did no longer support [[Mac OS X v10.1]], in order to improve the quality of Firefox releases on [[Mac OS X v10.2]] and above. Firefox 1.5.0.12 was the final version supported on [[Windows 95]]. |
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Alpha builds of Firefox 1.5 (id est, 1.1a1 and 1.1a2) did not carry Firefox branding; they were labelled "Deer Park" (which was Firefox 1.5's internal codename) and contained a different program icon. This was done to dissuade end-users from downloading preview versions, which are intended for developers only. |
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=== {{anchor|Firefox 2}} Version 2 === |
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[[File:Wikipedia Main Page in Firefox 2.0.0.12.png|thumb|Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12 running on Ubuntu]] |
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{{Main|Firefox 2}} |
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On October 24, 2006, Mozilla released [[Firefox 2]]. This version included updates to the [[Features of Firefox#Tabbed browsing|tabbed browsing]] environment, the extensions manager, the [[Graphical user interface|GUI (Graphical User Interface)]], and the find, search and software update engines. It also implemented a new session restore feature, inline [[Spell checker|spell checking]], and an [[Anti-phishing software|anti-phishing]] feature which was implemented by [[Google]] as an extension<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/safebrowsing |title=Google Safe Browsing for Firefox |accessdate=February 5, 2007 |publisher=Google}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://wiki.mozilla.org/?title=Phishing_Protection:_Design_Documentation&oldid=46996#Background |title=Phishing Protection Design Documentation — Background |accessdate=January 24, 2007 |author=Mozilla wiki contributors |publisher=Mozilla wiki}}</ref> and later merged into the program itself.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/2.0/releasenotes/ |title=Mozilla Firefox 2 Release Notes |publisher=Mozilla Corporation |accessdate=December 19, 2006}}</ref> |
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In December 2007, Firefox Live Chat was launched. It allowed users to ask volunteers questions through [[Openfire|a system]] powered by [[Jive Software]], with guaranteed hours of operation and the possibility of help after hours.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.mozilla.com/sumo/2007/12/28/firefox-live-chat-launching-today/ |title=Firefox Support Blog » Blog Archive » Firefox Live Chat launching today |publisher=The Mozilla Blog |date=December 28, 2007 |accessdate=December 19, 2009}}</ref> |
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Firefox 2.0.0.20 was the final version that could run under an unmodified installation of [[Windows NT 4.0]], [[Windows 98]], and [[Windows ME]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/2.0.0.20/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox 2.0.0.20 Release Notes |publisher=Mozilla |accessdate=March 30, 2012}}</ref> Subsequently, Mozilla Corporation announced it would not develop new versions of Firefox 2 after the 2.0.0.20 release, but continued Firefox 2 development as long as other programs, such as [[Mozilla Thunderbird|Thunderbird mail client]], depended on it. The final internal release was 2.0.0.22, released in late April 2009. |
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=== {{anchor|Firefox 3}} Version 3 === |
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[[File:Mozilla Firefox 3.0 in Ubuntu.png|thumb|Mozilla Firefox 3.0 on [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]]] |
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{{Main|Firefox 3}} |
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Firefox 3 was released on June 17, 2008,<ref>{{cite web |title=Firefox 3 available today at 17:00 UTC (10am PDT) |publisher=Mozilla Developer Center |date=June 17, 2008 |url= https://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2008/06/17/firefox-3-available-today-at-1700-utc-10am-pdt/ |accessdate=February 17, 2008}}</ref> by the [[Mozilla Corporation]]. Firefox 3 uses version 1.9 of the Mozilla [[Gecko (layout engine)|Gecko]] layout engine for displaying web pages. This version fixes many bugs, improves standard compliance, and implements new web [[Application programming interface|APIs]].<ref name="mdc_fx3_developers">{{cite web|title=Firefox 3 for developers |publisher=Mozilla Developer Center |date=July 17, 2007 |url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Firefox_3_for_developers |accessdate=July 17, 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081113072436/https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Firefox_3_for_developers |archivedate=November 13, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Other new features include a redesigned [[download manager]], a new "Places" system for storing [[Bookmark (World Wide Web)|bookmarks]] and [[Web browsing history|history]], and separate [[theme (computing)|themes]] for different operating systems. Tabbed browsing was more popularised in this version. The final version under 3.0 is Firefox 3.0.19. |
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Development stretches back to the first Firefox 3 [[Open beta|beta]] (under the codename 'Gran Paradiso'<ref>{{cite web |last=Vukicevic |first=Vladimir |title=Gecko 1.9/Firefox 3 ("Gran Paradiso") Planning Meeting, Wednesday Jun 7, 11:00 am |publisher=Google Groups: mozilla.dev.planning |date=June 2, 2006 |url= https://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.planning/browse_thread/thread/c73f6a1c25e8e7b0/b714ca46975f0109#b714ca46975f0109 |accessdate=September 17, 2006}}</ref>) which had been released several months earlier on November 19, 2007,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2007/11/19/firefox-3-beta-1-now-available-for-download/ |first=Mike|last=Beltzner |publisher=Mozilla Developer News |title=Firefox 3 Beta 1 now available for download}}</ref> and was followed by several more beta releases in spring 2008 culminating in the June release.<ref>{{cite web |accessdate=December 20, 2007 |url= https://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2007/12/18/firefox-3-beta-2-now-available-for-download/ |first=Mike|last=Beltzner |publisher=Mozilla Developer News |title=Firefox 3 Beta 2 now available for download}}</ref> Firefox 3 had more than 8 million unique downloads the day it was released, setting a [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.pcworld.com/article/147256/mozilla_logs_8_millionplus_firefox_3_downloads_in_a_day.html |title=Mozilla Logs 8 Million-plus Firefox 3 Downloads in a Day |last=Montalbano |first=Elizabeth |date=June 18, 2008 |work=PC World |accessdate=April 30, 2009}} See also: {{cite web |url= https://www.pcworld.com/article/146405/mozilla_shooting_for_record_books_with_firefox_3_release.html |title=Mozilla Shooting for Record Books With Firefox 3 Release |last=Montalbano |first=Elizabeth |date=May 28, 2008 |work=PC World |accessdate=April 30, 2009}}</ref> |
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===Version 3.5=== |
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[[File:Mozilla Firefox 3.5.png|thumb|Firefox 3.5 on Ubuntu]] |
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Version 3.5, codenamed [[Shiretoko National Park|Shiretoko]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox3.1|title=Firefox 3.1 "Shiretoko"|date=June 12, 2008|accessdate=June 12, 2008}}</ref> adds a variety of new features to Firefox. Initially numbered Firefox 3.1, Mozilla developers decided to change the numbering of the release to 3.5 in order to reflect a significantly greater scope of changes than originally planned.<ref>{{cite newsgroup |title=Shiretoko (Firefox 3.1) being renamed to Firefox 3.5 |date=March 6, 2009 |first=Mike|last=Shaver |newsgroup=mozilla.dev.planning |message-id=mailman.34.1236360325.4415.dev-planning@lists.mozilla.org}}</ref> The final release was on June 30, 2009. The changes included much faster performance thanks to an upgrade to [[SpiderMonkey (JavaScript engine)|SpiderMonkey]] [[JavaScript]] engine called [[SpiderMonkey (JavaScript engine)|TraceMonkey]] and rendering improvements,<ref name="betanews">{{cite web |url= http://www.betanews.com/article/The-final-score-Firefox-35-performs-at-251-the-speed-of-30/1246470925 |title=The final score: Firefox 3.5 performs at 251% the speed of 3.0 |date=July 1, 2009 |author=Scott M. Fulton, III |publisher=Betanews |accessdate=May 4, 2010}}</ref> and support for the <code><video></code> and <code><audio></code> tags as defined in the [[HTML5]] specification, with a goal to offer video playback without being encumbered by [[patent]] problems associated with many video technologies.<ref name="Warne APC">{{cite news |url=http://apcmag.com/firefox_to_go_headtohead_with_flash_and_silverlight.htm |title=Firefox to go head-to-head with Flash and Silverlight |accessdate=January 18, 2008 |first=Dan|last=Warne |date=May 7, 2007 |work=APC Magazine |publisher=ACP Magazines Ltd}}</ref> Cross-site [[XMLHttpRequest]]s (XHR), which can allow for more powerful web applications and an easier way to implement [[mashup (web application hybrid)|mashups]], are also implemented in 3.5.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://developer.mozilla.org/En/HTTP_Access_Control |title=HTTP Access Control |date=June 29, 2009 |accessdate=July 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527153021/https://developer.mozilla.org/En/HTTP_access_control |archive-date=May 27, 2010 |dead-url=yes |df=mdy-all }}</ref> A new global [[JSON]] object contains native functions to efficiently and safely [[Serialization|serialize and deserialize]] JSON objects, as specified by the [[ECMAScript]] 3.1 draft.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=es3.1:json_support |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211074903/http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=es3.1:json_support |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2007-12-11 |title=es3.1:json_support |publisher=ECMA }}</ref> Full [http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors/#selectors CSS 3 selector] support has been added. Firefox 3.5 uses the Gecko 1.9.1 engine, which includes a few features that were not included in the 3.0 release. [[Multi-touch]] trackpad support was also added to the release, including [[gesture recognition|gesture support]] like pinching for zooming and swiping for back and forward.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.macrumors.com/2008/12/10/latest-firefox-3-1-beta-adds-multi-touch-support/ |title=Latest Firefox 3.1 Beta Adds Multi-Touch Support |last=Kim |first=Arnold |date=December 10, 2008 |publisher=Mac Rumors |accessdate=January 17, 2009}}</ref> Firefox 3.5 also features an updated logo.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blog.mozilla.org/faaborg/2009/05/15/creative-brief-for-the-new-firefox-icon/ |title=Creative Brief for the New Firefox Icon |first=Alex |last=Faaborg |date=May 15, 2009 |accessdate=October 11, 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012040022/https://blog.mozilla.org/faaborg/2009/05/15/creative-brief-for-the-new-firefox-icon/ |archivedate=October 12, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> |
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===Version 3.6=== |
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{{Main|Firefox 3.6}} |
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Version 3.6, released on January 21, 2010, uses the Gecko 1.9.2 engine and includes several interface improvements, such as "personas". This release was referred to as 3.2 before 3.1 was changed to 3.5. The codename for this version was Namoroka. This is the last major, official version to run on [[PowerPC]]-based [[Macintosh]]es. |
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One minor update to Firefox 3.6, version 3.6.4 (code-named [[Lorentz National Park|Lorentz]]) is the first minor update to make non-intrusive changes other than minor stability and security fixes.<ref name="Lorentz">{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10433844-264.html|title=Firefox 3.6 due this month; next comes 'Lorentz'|publisher=CNET News |date=January 13, 2009 |accessdate=January 17, 2010}}</ref> It adds Out of Process Plugins (OOPP), which runs plugins in a separate [[Process (computing)|process]], allowing Firefox to recover from plugin crashes. |
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Firefox 3.6.6 lengthens the amount of time a plugin is allowed to be unresponsive before the plugin quits.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/3.6.6/releasenotes/|date=June 26, 2010|publisher=Mozilla|title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6.6 Release Notes}}</ref> |
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Support for Firefox 3.6 ended on April 24, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ghacks.net/2012/01/05/firefox-3-6-support-to-end-on-april-24-2012/ |title=Firefox 3.6 Support To end on April 24, 2012 |publisher=Ghacks.net |accessdate=April 3, 2012}}</ref> |
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===Version 4.0=== |
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[[File:Firefox 4.png|thumb|Firefox 4.0 displaying Wikipedia on [[Windows 7]] ]] |
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Firefox 3.7 (Gecko 1.9.3) Alpha 1 was released on February 10, 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/2010-02-02#Notices_.2F_Schedule |title=Mozilla Wiki |publisher=Wiki.mozilla.org |date=February 2, 2010 |accessdate=February 7, 2012}}</ref><ref name="mozilla1">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/3.7a1/releasenotes/ |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100213161240/http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/3.7a1/releasenotes/ |archivedate=February 13, 2010 |title=Release Notes: Mozilla Developer Preview |publisher=Mozilla |accessdate=September 6, 2010}}</ref> Alpha 2 was released on March 1, 2010, Alpha 3 on March 17, 2010, Alpha 4 on April 12, 2010, and Alpha 5 on June 16, 2010. |
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The version number was changed to 4.0 (and Gecko's was changed to 2.0) starting with Beta 1, released on July 6, 2010. |
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Beta 2 was released on July 27, 2010, Beta 3 on August 11, 2010, Beta 4 on August 24, 2010, Beta 5 on September 7, 2010, and Beta 6 (a chemspill release) on September 14, 2010. |
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After major delays, Beta 7 was finally released on November 10, 2010. Beta 7 was followed by Beta 8, released on December 21, 2010. Beta 9 was released on January 14, 2011, Beta 10 on January 25, 2011, Beta 11 on February 8, 2011, and Beta 12 on February 12, 2011. |
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Firefox then moved into the RC stage.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mozilla confirms Firefox 4 beta 12 is FINAL test build |work=The Register |date=February 25, 2011 |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/25/firefox_4_beta_12_final_before_release_candidate/ |accessdate=February 7, 2012}}</ref> The final version of Firefox 4 was released on March 22, 2011.<ref name=FFReleases>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases |title=Releases – MozillaWiki |publisher=wiki.mozilla.org |date=January 31, 2012 |accessdate=February 7, 2012}}</ref> |
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Version 4 brought a new [[user interface]] and is said to be faster.<ref name="Firefox 4 plan">{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/10/firefox_4_dot_o_plan/ |title=Mozilla spills plan for, yes, Firefox 4 |work=The Register |date=May 10, 2010 |accessdate=May 10, 2010}}</ref> Early [[mockup]]s of the new interface on [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Mac OS X]], and [[Linux]] were first made available in July 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/4.0_Windows_Theme_Mockups |title=Firefox 4.0 Windows Theme Mockups |publisher=Mozilla |date=June 2, 2010 |accessdate=August 11, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/4.0_Mac_Theme_Mockups |title=Firefox 4.0 Mac Theme Mockups |publisher=Mozilla |date=June 16, 2010 |accessdate=August 11, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/4.0_Linux_Theme_Mockups |title=Firefox 4.0 Linux Theme Mockups |publisher=Mozilla |date=July 21, 2010 |accessdate=August 11, 2010}}</ref> Other new features included improved notifications, tab groups, application tabs, a redesigned add-on manager, integration with [[Firefox Sync]], and support for multi-touch displays.<ref>{{cite web |title=What are Tab Groups? |url=http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/what-are-tab-groups}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/designing-tab-candy/ |title=Firefox Panorama: Tab Candy Evolved |author=[[Aza Raskin]] |accessdate=September 11, 2010}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 4 release plan">{{cite web |url= http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20004620-264.html |title=Firefox 4 release plan: The need for speed |first=Stephen|last=Shankland |publisher=c|net |date=May 11, 2010 |accessdate=May 28, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sync in Firefox 4 Beta |publisher=[[Mozilla Labs]] |date=August 24, 2010 |url=http://mozillalabs.com/sync/2010/08/24/sync-in-firefox-4-beta/ |accessdate=September 11, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827030554/http://mozillalabs.com/sync/2010/08/24/sync-in-firefox-4-beta |archivedate=August 27, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20006239-264.html |title=Mozilla prepares coders for Firefox 4 features |first=Stephen|last=Shankland |publisher=c|net |date=May 28, 2010 |accessdate=May 28, 2010}}</ref> |
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On October 13, 2006, [[Brendan Eich]], Mozilla's then [[Chief technology officer|Chief Technology Officer]], wrote about the plans for "Mozilla 2", referring to the most comprehensive iteration (since its creation) of the overall platform on which Firefox and other Mozilla products run.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roadmap/archives/2006/10/mozilla_2.html |title=Mozilla 2 |last=Eich |first=Brendan |date=October 13, 2006 |accessdate=September 16, 2006 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061025122530/http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roadmap/archives/2006/10/mozilla_2.html |archivedate=October 25, 2006 }}</ref> Most of the objectives were gradually incorporated into Firefox through versions 3.0, 3.5, and 3.6. The largest changes, however, were planned for Firefox 4. |
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Firefox 4 was based on the [[Gecko (layout engine)|Gecko]] 2.0 engine, which added or improved support for [[HTML5]], [[Cascading Style Sheets#CSS 3|CSS3]], [[WebM]], and [[WebGL]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Henri|last=Sivonen |title=Firefox 4 HTML 5 parser |publisher=hacks.mozilla.org |date=May 11, 2010 |url=https://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/05/firefox-4-the-html5-parser-inline-svg-speed-and-more/ |accessdate=May 11, 2010}} |
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</ref><ref name="Firefox 4 fast">{{cite web |url=http://beltzner.ca/mike/2010/05/10/firefox-4-fast-powerful-and-empowering/ |title=Firefox 4: fast, powerful, and empowering |author=Beltzner, Mike |date=May 10, 2010 |accessdate=May 10, 2010}}</ref> It also included a new JavaScript engine ([[JägerMonkey]]) and better [[XPCOM]] APIs.<ref> |
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{{cite web |url= https://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/03/a-quick-note-on-javascript-engine-components/ |title=a quick note on JavaScript engine components |first=Christopher|last=Blizzard |date=March 8, 2010 |accessdate=March 19, 2010}} |
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==Rapid release== |
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{{Firefox usage share}} |
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In April 2011, the development process was split into several "channels", each working on a build in a different [[Software release life cycle|stage of development]]. The most recent available build is called "Nightly Builds" and offers the latest, untested features and updates. The "Aurora" build is up to six weeks behind "Nightly" and offers functionality that has undergone basic testing. As of version 35, the "Aurora" channel has been renamed to the "Developer Edition" channel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/35.0a2/auroranotes/|title=Firefox — Aurora Notes (35.0a2) — Mozilla|date=2014-11-10|accessdate=2014-11-21|quote=Version 35.0a2, first offered to Firefox Developer Edition users on November 10, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1072181|title=Bug 1072181 - Investigate tweaking aurora for developers |accessdate=2014-11-21}}</ref> The "Beta" channel is up to six weeks behind the "Aurora" build, for up to about twelve week period compared to the most recent "Nightly" build. The "Beta" channel provides improved stability over the "Nightly" builds and is the first development milestone that has the "Firefox" logo. "Release" is the current official version of Firefox. |
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New releases are planned to occur at six-week intervals.<ref name="Rapid Release Calendar">{{cite web |title=Firefox Rapid Release Calendar |work=Mozilla Wiki |publisher=Mozilla.org |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/RapidRelease/Calendar |accessdate=May 10, 2012}}</ref> The stated aim of this faster-paced process is to get new features to users faster.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mozilla Firefox: Development Process |publisher=Mozilla |date=April 7, 2011 |url=https://mozilla.github.com/process-releases/draft/development_specifics/ |accessdate=April 16, 2011}}</ref> This accelerated release cycle was met with criticism by users, as it often broke add-on compatibility,<ref>{{cite web |title=firefox is updating way too often |work=support.mozilla.org |url=https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/886836}}</ref> as well as those who believe Firefox was simply trying to increase its version number to compare with other browsers such as [[Google Chrome]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Mozilla goes version number crazy |publisher=ZDNet |url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/mozilla-goes-version-number-crazy/14442 |accessdate=April 7, 2012}}</ref> |
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=== {{anchor|Firefox 5}} Version 5 === |
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Firefox 5 was released on June 21, 2011,<ref name="mozilla2">{{cite web |title=Firefox 5.0 release notes |publisher=Mozilla |url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/5.0/releasenotes/ |accessdate=2013-11-19}}</ref> three months after the major release of Firefox 4. Firefox 5 is the first release in Mozilla's new rapid release plan, matching [[Google Chrome]]'s rapid release schedule and rapid version number increments.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bright |first=Peter |title=Firefox update policy: the enterprise is wrong, not Mozilla |publisher=Ars Technica |date=June 27, 2011 |url= https://arstechnica.com/business/news/2011/06/firefox-update-policy-the-enterprise-is-wrong-not-mozilla.ars |accessdate=2013-11-19}}</ref> Version 5 significantly improved the speed of web-related tasks, such as loading pages with [[combo box]]es or [[MathML]]. Mozilla also integrated the [[HTML5 video]] [[WebM]] standard into the browser, allowing playback of WebM video.<ref>{{cite web |title=Firefox Release Tracking |work=Mozilla Wiki |publisher=Mozilla |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Features/Release_Tracking/Archives#Firefox_5 |accessdate=April 21, 2012}}</ref> |
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=== {{anchor|Firefox 6}} Version 6 === |
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Mozilla released its Mozilla Firefox 6.0 on August 16, 2011. The update brought: permissions manager, new address bar highlighting (the [[domain name]] is black while the rest of the [[URL]] is gray<ref name="Add-ons">{{cite web |title=Classic Compact Options |work=addons.mozilla.org [Add-ons for Firefox] |publisher=[[Mozilla]] |url=https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/classic-compact-options/ |accessdate=February 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502164326/https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/classic-compact-options/ |archive-date=May 2, 2012 |dead-url=yes |df=mdy-all }}</ref>), streamlining the look of the site identity block, quicker startup time, a ScratchPad JavaScript compiler, and many other new features. This update also brought the infamous feature that JavaScript entered in the address bar does not run.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/6.0/releasenotes/|title=Mozilla Firefox 6 Release Notes|publisher=[[Mozilla]]|accessdate=February 1, 2012|date=August 16, 2011}}</ref> |
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=== {{anchor|Firefox 7}} Version 7 === |
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Firefox 7, released September 27, 2011, uses as much as 50% less [[random-access memory|RAM]] than Firefox 4 as a result of the MemShrink project to reduce Firefox memory usage.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://blog.mozilla.com/nnethercote/2011/08/09/firefox-7-is-lean-and-fast-2/ | title = Firefox 7 is lean and fast | first = Nicholas| last = Nethercote | date = August 9, 2011 | accessdate = August 17, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://wiki.mozilla.org/Performance/MemShrink | title = Performance/MemShrink | publisher = Mozilla | accessdate = August 11, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Mello |first=John P. |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/238504/firefox_7_beta_puts_priority_on_performance.html |title=Firefox 7 Beta Puts Priority on Performance |work=PC World |date=August 19, 2011 |accessdate=April 7, 2012}}</ref> Mozilla Firefox 7.0.1 was released a few days later, fixing a rare, but serious, issue with add-ons not being detected by the browser.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/7.0.1/releasenotes/ |title=Mozilla Firefox 7.0.1 Release Notes |publisher=Mozilla |accessdate=October 3, 2011}}</ref> Some URLs are trimmed in the address bar, so the "[[Hypertext Transfer Protocol|http]]://" scheme no longer appears, but "[[Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure|https]]://" is still displayed. Trailing slashes on domains are also hidden, for example: <nowiki>https://www.example.org/</nowiki> becomes <nowiki>https://www.example.org</nowiki>.<ref name="Add-ons"/><ref>{{cite web |title=browser.urlbar.trimURLs |url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Preferences/Preference_reference/browser.urlbar.trimURLs |website=MDN web docs |publisher=Mozilla |accessdate=31 January 2019}}</ref> |
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=== {{anchor|Firefox 8}} Version 8 === |
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Firefox 8 was released on November 8, 2011. Firefox 8 verified that users really wanted any previously installed add-ons. Upon installation, a [[dialog box]] prompted users to enable or disable the add-ons. Add-ons installed by third-party programs were disabled by default, but user-installed add-ons were enabled by default. Mozilla judged that third-party-installed add-ons were problematic, taking away user control, lagging behind on compatibility and security updates, slowing down Firefox startup and page loading time, and cluttering the interface with unused [[toolbar]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zdnetasia.com/firefox-8-cracks-down-on-add-ons-62302794.htm |title=Firefox 8 cracks down on add-ons – ZDNet Asia News |publisher=Zdnetasia.com |date=November 9, 2011 |accessdate=March 17, 2012}}</ref> |
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=== {{anchor|Firefox 9}} Version 9 === |
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Firefox 9 was released on December 20, 2011, version 9.0.1 was released a day later. Firefox 9 includes various new features such as Type Inference, which boosts JavaScript performance up to 30%, improved theme integration for [[Mac OS X Lion]], added two finger swipe navigation for Mac OS X Lion, added support for querying [[Do Not Track]] status via JavaScript, added support for font-stretch, improved support for text-overflow, improved standards support for HTML5, MathML, and CSS, and fixed several security problems. It also features a large list of bug fixes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/9.0/releasenotes/ |title=Mozilla Firefox Release Notes |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=December 20, 2011 |accessdate=March 17, 2012}}</ref> |
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=={{anchor|ESR}} Rapid release with ESR== |
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In January 2012, the Mozilla Foundation announced the availability of an ''Extended Support Release (ESR)'' version of Firefox.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2012/01/10/delivering-a-mozilla-firefox-extended-support-release/ |title=Delivering a Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release |date=January 10, 2012 |accessdate=February 4, 2012}}</ref> In addition to the "release", "beta", and "aurora" update channels the ESR versions form the "esr" update channel. |
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Firefox ESR is intended for groups who deploy and maintain the desktop environment in large organizations such as universities and other schools, county or city governments and businesses. During the extended cycle, no new features will be added to a Firefox ESR; only high-risk/high-impact security vulnerabilities or major stability issues will be corrected.<ref name=esrfaq>{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/ |title=Mozilla Firefox ESR Overview |publisher=Mozilla Foundation |accessdate=October 2, 2012}}</ref> |
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An ESR includes continuity of support through 9 normal Firefox rapid release cycles (54 weeks), with the final 2 cycles overlapping the next version. ESR versions will jump from 10 to 17, then to 24 etc.<ref name=esrfaq /> |
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Every six weeks when a new mainstream Firefox release is made under the rapid release cycle, a corresponding security update would also be released for the then-current ESR version. For example, ESR 10.0.1 would be expected to be released at the same time as Firefox 11, ESR 10.0.2 at the same time as Firefox 12. Security updates for ESR versions are also released when out-of-band security updates are made available for mainstream Firefox releases, for example ESR 10.0.10 corresponds with Firefox 16.0.2. At Firefox 17 and Firefox 18, there would be two ESR versions supported. Respectively, ESR 10.0.11 and ESR 17.0.0; ESR 10.0.12 and ESR 17.0.1. Finally, when Firefox reaches 19.0, ESR 10 would go end-of-life alongside the release of ESR 17.0.2. The cycle repeats again. |
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After the end-of-life with ESR 10.0.12 the Firefox Updater suggested to update to ESR 17.0.x on supported platforms. |
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The numbering scheme changed somewhat starting with ESR 24.0.0 series. The first minor version number increments on regularly scheduled six-week release cycle, and the second minor version number increments when unscheduled off-cycle releases are necessary. For example, ESR 24.1.0 was released at the same time as 25.0.0, ESR 24.1.1 was released at the same time as 25.0.1, and ESR 24.2.0 was released at the same time as 26.0.0.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Enterprise/Firefox/ExtendedSupport:Proposal#Assumptions |title=Enterprise/Firefox/ExtendedSupport:Proposal – MozillaWiki |accessdate=October 22, 2012}}</ref> |
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=== Version 10–16 === |
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===={{anchor|Version 10|Firefox 10|Firefox 10 (ESR)}}Version 10 (ESR)==== |
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[[File:Page inspector firefox 10.png|thumb|Style Inspector]] |
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Firefox 10 and Firefox ESR 10 were released on January 31, 2012. It is the first official extended support release. Firefox 10 hides the forward arrow button until there is a website to go forward to, or it is manually activated.<ref>{{cite web|last=Paul |first=Ryan |url=https://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/01/firefox-10-arrives-with-new-dev-tools-and-full-screen-api.ars |title=Firefox 10 arrives with new dev tools and full-screen API |publisher=Arstechnica.com |date=January 31, 2012 |accessdate=March 17, 2012}}</ref> Firefox 10 adds a Full Screen API and improved WebGL performance.<ref name="zdnet1">{{cite web|author=zebra148 |url=http://www.zdnet.com/news/firefox-10-eases-add-on-updates-but-no-android-yet/6342357 |title=Firefox 10 eases add-on updates but no Android yet |publisher=ZDNet |date=February 2, 2012 |accessdate=March 17, 2012}}</ref> |
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Firefox 10 assumed all add-ons were compatible with version 10, as long as they are written for at least Firefox 4. The add-on developer is able to alert Mozilla that the add-on is incompatible, overriding compatibility with version 10 or later. This new rule also does not apply to themes.<ref>{{cite web|last=Scott |first=Justin |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Features/Add-ons/Add-ons_Default_to_Compatible |title=Add-ons default to compatible |publisher=Mozilla |accessdate=April 21, 2012}}</ref> |
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Firefox 10 added the CSS Style Inspector to the Page Inspector, which allow users to check out a site's structure and edit the CSS without leaving the browser.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mozilla |url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/10.0/releasenotes/ |title=Mozilla Firefox 10 Release Notes |publisher=Mozilla Corporation |date=January 31, 2012 |accessdate=March 17, 2012}}</ref> |
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Firefox 10 added support for CSS 3D Transforms and for [[Spatial anti-aliasing|anti-aliasing]] in the WebGL standard for [[Hardware acceleration|hardware-accelerated]] 3D graphics. These updates mean that complex site and Web app animations will render more smoothly in Firefox, and that developers can animate 2D objects into 3D without plug-ins.<ref name="zdnet1"/> |
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===={{anchor|Firefox 11}}Version 11==== |
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[[File:Firefox 3D tilt.png|thumb|3D Page Inspector]] [[File:Firefox 11 on Ubuntu 12.04(Daily Build 21Mar2012).png|thumb|Firefox for [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]]] |
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Firefox 11 was released on March 13, 2012. Firefox 11 introduced many new features, including migration of bookmarks and history from [[Google Chrome]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Lowe |first=Alistair |url=http://hexus.net/business/news/internet/36525-mozilla-launches-firefox-11-now-chrome-migration/ |title=Mozilla launches Firefox 11, now with Chrome migration |publisher=HEXUS.net |date=March 14, 2012 |accessdate=June 20, 2013}}</ref> [[SPDY]] integrated services, Page Inspector Tilt (3D View), [[Add-on (Mozilla)|Add-on]] [[Firefox Sync|Sync]], redesigned [[HTML5]] video controls, and the Style Editor ([[CSS]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/Firefox_11/Test_Plan |title=Mozilla Firefox 11 test plan |publisher=Mozilla |accessdate=March 13, 2012 }}</ref> The update also fixed many bugs, and improved developer tools.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/11.0/releasenotes |title=Firefox 11 Release Notes |publisher=Mozilla |accessdate=March 13, 2012 }}</ref> |
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===={{anchor|Firefox 12}}Version 12==== |
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Firefox 12 was released on April 24, 2012. Firefox 12 introduced few new features, but it made many changes and laid the ground work for future releases. Firefox 12 for Windows added the Mozilla Maintenance Service which can update Firefox to a newer version without [[User Account Control|UAC]] prompt.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/what-mozilla-maintenance-service |title=What is the Mozilla Maintenance Service? |publisher=Mozilla Foundation |accessdate=October 4, 2012}}</ref> It also added line numbers in the "Page Source" and centered find in page results. There were 89 improvements to Web Console, Scratchpad, Style Editor, Page Inspector, Style Inspector, HTML view and Page Inspector 3D view (Tilt).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/02/aurora-12-is-out-improvements-and-updated-developer-tools/ |title=Aurora 12 is out – improvements and updated Developer Tools |publisher=Mozilla.org |accessdate=May 10, 2012 |date=February 3, 2012}}</ref> Many bugs were fixed, as well as many other minor under-the-hood changes.<ref name="fx12plan">{{cite web |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/Firefox_12/Test_Plan |title=Mozilla Firefox 12 test plan |publisher=Mozilla |accessdate=March 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Firefox 12 Release Notes |publisher=Mozilla |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/12.0/releasenotes |accessdate=March 13, 2012}}</ref> Firefox 12 is the final release to support [[Windows 2000]] and [[Windows XP|Windows XP <abbr title="Release to Manufacturing/Gold">RTM</abbr> & <abbr title="Service Pack 1">SP1</abbr>]].<ref name="Neowin">{{cite web |title=Firefox 3.6 official support to end Tuesday |publisher=Neowin |url=http://www.neowin.net/news/firefox-36-official-support-to-end-tuesday |accessdate=April 22, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=End of Firefox Support for Windows 2000 |work=MozillaZine Weblogs |date=January 27, 2012 |url=http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/2012/01/end_of_firefox_win2k.html |accessdate=January 27, 2012}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 13}} Version 13 ==== |
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[[File:Firefox 13 Home tab.png|thumb|Home tab page]] |
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Firefox 13 was released on June 5, 2012.<ref name="Rapid Release Calendar" /> Firefox 13 adds and updates several features, such as an updated new tab<ref name="mozilla4">{{cite web |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Features/New_Tab_Page |title=New Tab Page |publisher=Mozilla |accessdate=March 13, 2012 }}</ref> and home tab page.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Features/Desktop/Firefox_Home_Tab |title=Home Tab |publisher=Mozilla |accessdate=March 13, 2012 }}</ref> The updated new tab page is a feature similar to the [[Features of the Opera web browser#Speed Dial|Speed Dial]] already present in [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]], [[Google Chrome]], [[Safari (web browser)|Apple Safari]], and [[Internet Explorer]]. The new tab page will display nine of the user's most visited websites, along with a [[Web cache|cached]] image. |
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In addition to the updated new tab and home tab page, Mozilla has added a user profile cleaner/reset, reduced hang times, and implemented tabs on demand.<ref name="Test Plan Firefox 13">{{cite web |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/index.php?title=Releases/Firefox_13/Test_Plan |title=Test Plan Firefox 13 |publisher=Mozilla |accessdate=March 13, 2012 }}</ref> The user profile cleaner/reset provides a way for users to fix Firefox errors and glitches that may occur.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Support/Firefox_Features/Clean_up_user_profile |title=User profile reset/cleaner |publisher=Mozilla |accessdate=March 13, 2012 }}</ref> Mozilla's tabs on demand restores tabs that were open in the previous session, but will keep the tabs unloaded until the user requests to view the page.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Tab_on_demand |title=Tabs on Demand |publisher=Mozilla |accessdate=March 13, 2012 }}</ref> |
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Starting with this version, Windows support was exclusively for Windows XP SP2/SP3, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 14}} Version 14 ==== |
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Firefox 14.0 for Android was released on June 26, 2012, just outside the regular release schedule of the web browser.<ref name="Rapid Release Calendar" /><ref name="Ghacks">{{cite web|url=http://www.ghacks.net/2012/07/17/firefox-14-0-1-available-why-there-wont-be-a-firefox-14-0-release/|title=Firefox 14.0.1 available, Why there won't be a Firefox 14.0 release|last=Brinkmann|first=Martin|publisher=ghacks.net|date=July 17, 2012|accessdate=July 17, 2012}}</ref> In order to sync the version numbers of the desktop and mobile version of Firefox, Mozilla decided to release Firefox 14.0.1 for mobile and desktop on July 17, 2012, instead of Firefox 14.0 for the desktop and Firefox 14.0.1 for mobile clients.<ref name="Ghacks"/> |
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A new hang detector (similar to how Mozilla currently collects other data) allows Mozilla to collect, analyze, and identify the cause of the browser freezing/hanging. Mozilla will use this information to improve the responsiveness of Firefox for future releases.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Hang_Detector_and_Reporter: |title=Hang detector and reporter |publisher=Mozilla |accessdate=March 13, 2012 }}</ref> |
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In addition to tackling freezing and not-responding errors that occur because of Firefox, Mozilla implemented opt-in activation for plugins such as [[Adobe Flash|Flash]] and [[Java (software platform)|Java]]. Mozilla wants to reduce potential problems that could arise through the unwanted use of third-party applications ([[malware]], freezing, etc.).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Opt-in_activation_for_plugins |title=Opt-in activation for plugins|publisher=Mozilla |accessdate=March 15, 2012 }}</ref> |
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URL complete will suggest the website that Firefox believes the user plans on visiting. It does this by inserting the remaining characters into the URL form box.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Features/URL_Autocomplete |title=Inline URL autocomplete |publisher=Mozilla |accessdate=March 13, 2012 }}</ref> |
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Firefox 14 has an optional [[GStreamer]] back-end for HTML5 video tag playback.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=422540 |title=422540 – GStreamer backend for HTML5 video element |publisher=Bugzilla.mozilla.org |accessdate=March 21, 2013}}</ref> This allows playback of [[H.264]] if the codec is installed as a GStreamer plugin. GStreamer support is not enabled in the official builds, but can be enabled at compile time. |
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The first beta version of Firefox 14 was not beta 1, but beta 6<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.camp-firefox.de/node/516 |title=Beta 6 to be first beta version of Firefox |publisher=Camp-Firefox (German) |accessdate=June 8, 2012 }}</ref> and was released on June 5, 2012. |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 15}} Version 15 ==== |
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Firefox 15 was released on August 28, 2012.<ref name="Rapid Release Calendar" /> |
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This version includes a "[[Responsive web design|Responsive Design View]]" developer tool,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/07/debugger-responsive-design-view-and-more-in-firefox-aurora-15/ |title=Debugger, Responsive Design View and more in Firefox Aurora 15|publisher=Mozilla|accessdate=July 20, 2012}}</ref> adds support for the [[Opus (audio format)|Opus audio format]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/07/firefox-beta-15-supports-the-new-opus-audio-format/ |title=Firefox Beta 15 supports the new Opus audio format|publisher=Mozilla|accessdate=July 20, 2012}}</ref> and adds preliminary native [[Portable Document Format|PDF]] support (turned off by default).<ref>{{cite web |title=Firefox Notes – Desktop |work=Firefox 15.0 release notes |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=August 28, 2012 |url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/15.0/releasenotes// |accessdate=October 1, 2012}}</ref> |
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Silent updates automatically update Firefox to the latest version without notifying the user,<ref>{{cite web |title=Silent Updater |work=Mozilla Wiki |publisher=Mozilla |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Silent_Update_updater |accessdate=March 13, 2012}}</ref> a feature that the web browsers [[Google Chrome]] and [[Internet Explorer 8]] and above have already implemented,<ref>{{cite web |last=Duebendorfer1 |first=Thomas |last2=Frei |first2=Stefan |title=Why Silent Updates Boost Security |publisher=techzoom.net |date=April 2009 |url=http://www.techzoom.net/publications/silent-updates/ |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501122450/http://www.techzoom.net/publications/silent-updates/ |archivedate=May 1, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bright |first=Peter |title=State of the Browser: Chrome closes on Firefox, IE6 dying out |publisher=Ars Technica |date=2012-01-04 |url= https://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/01/state-of-the-browser-chrome-closes-on-firefox-ie6-dying-out.ars |accessdate=2013-11-19}}</ref> although the user is able to disable that function.<ref>{{cite web |last=Keizer |first=Gregg |title=Mozilla aims to add silent updating to Firefox 10 |work=Computerworld |url=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/print/9220513/Mozilla_aims_to_add_silent_updating_to_Firefox_10 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130102175309/http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/print/9220513/Mozilla_aims_to_add_silent_updating_to_Firefox_10 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=January 2, 2013 |accessdate=March 17, 2012 }}</ref> |
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Mozilla improved regular startup time for Windows users.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Start-up_Performance_Improvements |title=Start-up Performance Improvements |publisher=Mozilla |accessdate=April 26, 2012 }}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 16}} Version 16 ==== |
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[[File:Firefox 18.0 on Windows 7.png|thumbnail|Firefox 16 running on [[Windows 8]].]] |
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Firefox 16 was released on October 9, 2012. |
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Plans for this version called for fixing of bugs still outstanding involving support of new features in [[Mac OS X Lion]], improvements to startup speed when a user wants to restore a previous session,<ref>{{cite web |title=Speedy Session Restore |work=Mozilla Wiki |publisher=Mozilla |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Speedy_Session_Restore |accessdate=April 21, 2012}}</ref> and support for viewing [[Portable Document Format|PDF]] files inline without a plugin. |
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[[Opus (audio format)|Opus]] audio format is now enabled by default. Support for web apps was added.<ref>{{cite web |title=Firefox Notes – Desktop |work=Firefox 16.0 release notes |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=October 9, 2012 |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/16.0/releasenotes/ |accessdate=March 21, 2013}}</ref> |
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The roll-out of Firefox 16.0.0 was stopped on October 10, 2012, after Mozilla detected a security flaw and recommended downgrading to 15.0.1 until the issue<ref>{{cite web |title=Security Vulnerability in Firefox 16 |work=Mozilla Blog |publisher=Mozilla |date=2012-10-10 |url=https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2012/10/10/security-vulnerability-in-firefox-16/ |accessdate=October 10, 2012}}</ref> could be fixed. The security flaw was fixed in version 16.0.1, which was released the following day, October 11, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Firefox Notes |work=Firefox 16.0.1 release notes |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=October 11, 2012 |url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/16.0.1/releasenotes/ |accessdate=June 20, 2013}}</ref> Version 16.0.2 was released October 26, 2012. It fixed additional security issues, and is also the final release to support [[Mac OS X Leopard]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Keizer |first=Greg |title=Mozilla sets end of Firefox support for OS X Leopard |work=MacWorld |date=August 22, 2012 |url=http://www.macworld.com/article/1168241/mozilla_sets_end_of_firefox_for_os_x_leopard.html |accessdate=November 21, 2012}}</ref> |
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=== Version 17–23 === |
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==== {{anchor|Version 17|Firefox 17|Firefox 17 (ESR)}} Version 17 (ESR) ==== |
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Firefox 17 and Firefox ESR 17 were released on November 20, 2012.<ref name="Rapid Release Calendar" /> Firefox 17.0.1, with several bug fixes, launched on November 30, 2012. |
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Firefox 17 was not planned to bring as many user-facing features as previous releases, it brings improved display of location bar results,<ref>{{cite web |title=Improved display of location bar results|url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Improve_display_of_location_bar_results |work=Mozilla Wiki|publisher=Mozilla|accessdate=July 31, 2012}}</ref> improvements to the silent update mechanism for users with incompatible add-ons,<ref>{{cite web |title=Silent update: improvements for users with incompatible add-ons|url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Silent_Update_not_now_prompt |work=Mozilla Wiki|publisher=Mozilla|accessdate=July 31, 2012}}</ref> and refinements to the Click-To-Play system introduced in Firefox 14.<ref>{{cite web |title=Click-to-Play Part II|url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Click-to-play_part_II |work=Mozilla Wiki|publisher=Mozilla|accessdate=October 21, 2012}}</ref> A new feature for developers, an HTML tree editor<ref>{{cite web|title=HTML tree editor|url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/DevTools/Features/HTMLTreeEditor |work=Mozilla Wiki|publisher=Mozilla|accessdate=2012-09-07}}</ref> is also included. Firefox 17 is the first version of the browser that uses SpiderMonkey 17.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/SpiderMonkey/17 |title=SpiderMonkey 17 - Mozilla | MDN |publisher=Developer.mozilla.org |date=2014-05-02 |accessdate=2014-07-25}}</ref> |
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Starting with this version, Mac OS X support is exclusively for [[Mac OS X Snow Leopard|Snow Leopard]], Lion, and [[OS X Mountain Lion|Mountain Lion]]. |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 18}} Version 18 ==== |
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Firefox 18 was released on January 8, 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=Firefox Rapid Release Calendar |publisher=Mozilla Wiki |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/RapidRelease/Calendar}}</ref> A new feature for Firefox 18 is [[IonMonkey]], Mozilla's next generation JavaScript engine,<ref>{{cite web |first=David|last=Anderson |title=IonMonkey in Firefox 18 |work=Mozilla Blog |publisher=Mozilla |date=2012-09-12 |url=https://blog.mozilla.org/javascript/2012/09/12/ionmonkey-in-firefox-18/ |accessdate=2012-10-12}}</ref> it also uses some functions of [[WebRTC]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Firefox Notes – Desktop |publisher=Mozilla.org |work=Firefox 18.0 release notes |date=January 8, 2013 |url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/18.0/releasenotes/ |accessdate=March 21, 2013}}</ref> |
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Firefox 18.0.1 was released on January 18, 2013, and fixed several bugs.<ref>{{cite web |author=Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea |title=Firefox 18.0.1 now available for download |publisher=Neowin |url=http://www.neowin.net/news/firefox-1801-now-available-for-download |accessdate=January 18, 2013}}</ref> Firefox 18.0.2 was released on February 5, 2013. |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 19}} Version 19 ==== |
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[[File:Firefox 19 on Windows.png|thumbnail|right|Firefox 19]] |
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Firefox 19 was released on February 19, 2013. |
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Firefox 19 features a built-in [[PDF]] viewer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mozilla tests a built-in, secure, PDF viewer in Firefox Beta leveraging the power of HTML5 |work=Future Releases |publisher=blog.mozilla.org |date=January 11, 2013 |url= https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2013/01/11/mozilla-tests-a-built-in-secure-pdf-viewer-in-firefox-beta-leveraging-the-power-of-html5/ |accessdate=March 21, 2013}}</ref> Firefox 19.0.1 was released on February 27, 2013 to fix stability issues for some AMD Radeon HD graphics cards in [[Windows 8]].<ref name="Firefox 19.0.1">{{cite web |title=Firefox Notes – Desktop |work=Firefox 19.0.1 release notes |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=February 27, 2013 |url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/19.0.1/releasenotes/ |accessdate=2013-11-19}}</ref> Firefox 19.0.2 was released on March 7, 2013 to address a security vulnerability in the HTML editor.<ref name="Firefox 19.0.2">{{cite web |title=Firefox Notes – Desktop |work=Firefox 19.0.2 release notes |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=March 7, 2013 |url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/19.0.2/releasenotes/ |accessdate=March 21, 2013}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 20}} Version 20 ==== |
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Firefox 20 was released on April 2, 2013. A new feature of Firefox 20 is a panel-based download manager,<ref>{{cite web|title=Panel-based download manager|url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/User:P.A./Panel-based_Download_Manager|work=Mozilla Wiki|publisher=Mozilla|accessdate=August 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/20.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox Notes – Desktop |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=April 2, 2013 |accessdate=April 2, 2013}}</ref> along with H.264 decoding on the <code><video></code> tag (on Windows only), and per-window private browsing (per-tab private browsing on Android). It also includes a new developer toolbox, that combines all developer tools into one panel. |
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Firefox 20.0.1 was released on April 11, 2013, and included a Windows-only update to handle issues around handling [[Path (computing)#UNC in Windows|UNC paths]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/20.0.1/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox Notes – Desktop |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=April 11, 2013 |accessdate=April 13, 2013}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 21}} Version 21 ==== |
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Firefox 21 was released on May 14, 2013. The Social API now supports multiple providers, enhanced three-state UI for Do Not Track (DNT). |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 22}} Version 22 ==== |
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Firefox 22 was released on June 25, 2013. [[WebRTC]] is now enabled by default.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/22.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox Beta Notes – Desktop |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=May 16, 2013 |accessdate=June 20, 2013}}</ref> |
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Partial CSS Flexbox support added (flex-wrap support is currently scheduled for Firefox 28<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=702508#c61 |title=702508 – Support parsing/computing multi-line flexbox properties "flex-wrap", "align-content" |publisher=Bugzilla.mozilla.org |date= |accessdate=2014-02-27}}</ref>). A new feature for Firefox 22 was OdinMonkey, Mozilla's next generation JavaScript engine. |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 23}} Version 23 ==== |
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{{pic|Mozilla Firefox logo 2013.svg|Logo used from Firefox 23 to Firefox 56|150px}} |
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Firefox 23 was released on August 6, 2013. It includes an updated Firefox logo, mixed content blocking enabled by default to defend against [[man-in-the-middle attack]]s, implementation of the <code><input type="range"></code> form control attribute in HTML5, dropping support for the [[Blink element|<code><blink></code> HTML element]] as well as <code>text-decoration:blink</code> [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS element]], the restriction to have to "switch to a different search provider across the entire browser", and a global browser console, a new network monitor among other things. JavaScript is automatically enabled by the update, without regard to the previous setting, and the ability to turn it off has been removed from the interface;<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/23.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox 23.0 Release Notes |publisher=[[Mozilla.org]]| accessdate=August 24, 2013}}</ref> the "contentious" change was made because many websites depend on JavaScript and it was felt that users unaware that they had disabled JavaScript were attributing the resulting unpredictable [[web browser engine|layout]] to [[software bug]]s in Firefox.<ref>{{cite news |title=Firefox 23 finally kills the blink tag, removes ability to turn off JavaScript, introduces new logo |first=Sebastian |last=Anthony |date=August 7, 2013 |publisher=[[ExtremeTech]] |url= http://www.extremetech.com/computing/163291-firefox-23-finally-kills-the-blink-tag-removes-ability-to-turn-off-javascript-introduces-new-logo |accessdate=August 24, 2013 |quote=This contentious change derives from the fact that disabling JavaScript breaks many websites – and some people might turn off JavaScript without actually knowing what it does, resulting in unpredictable and frustrating behavior that the user might blame on Firefox. JavaScript can still be disabled via <code>about:config</code> or with [[add-on (Mozilla)|add-ons]] (such as [[NoScript]]).}}</ref> |
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The keyword.URL preference now is no longer supported, making it no longer possible to specify the search engine for the URL bar that way. The search engine selected for the search bar on the Navigation Toolbar is now automatically used also for the URL bar and about:home page.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://support.mozilla.org/it/questions/967169|title=Firefox 23, home screen search engine. - Firefox Forum di supporto - Supporto Mozilla|website=support.mozilla.org|accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-default-home-page-has-links-to-features|title=Firefox's default home page has quick links to common features - Firefox Help|website=support.mozilla.org|accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> |
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Firefox 23.0.1 was released ten days later on August 16, 2013 to fix the rendering glitches on [[H.264/MPEG-4 AVC|H.264]] video only in FF23 on [[Windows Vista]], it also fixed the [[spell checker|spell checking]] that was broken with non-[[ASCII]] characters in profile path, and the audio static/"burble"/breakup in Firefox to Firefox [[WebRTC]] calls.<ref>{{cite web |title=Firefox 23.0.1 Release Notes |url= https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/23.0.1/releasenotes/ |publisher=[[Mozilla.org]] |accessdate=August 24, 2013}}</ref> |
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=== Version 24–30 === |
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==== {{anchor|Version 24|Firefox 24|Firefox 24 (ESR)}} Version 24 (ESR) ==== |
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Firefox 24 and Firefox 24 ESR were released on September 17, 2013. The release includes support for the new scrollbar style in Mac OS X 10.7 (and newer), closing tabs to the right, an improved browser console for debugging, and improved SVG rendering, among other things.<ref>{{cite web |title=Firefox Notes – Desktop |work=Firefox 24.0 release notes |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=September 17, 2013 |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/24.0/releasenotes/ |accessdate=September 19, 2013}}</ref> Firefox 24 is the first version of the browser that uses SpiderMonkey 24.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/SpiderMonkey/24 |title=SpiderMonkey 24 - Mozilla | MDN |publisher=Developer.mozilla.org |date=2014-05-02 |accessdate=2014-07-25}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 25}} Version 25 ==== |
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Firefox 25 was released on October 29, 2013. Firefox 25 Nightly was at one point slated to include the Australis theme, but Australis did not actually land on Nightly until Firefox 28,<ref name="Australis schedule update #2">{{cite web |last=Dolske |first=Justin |title=Australis schedule update #2 |url=https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/firefox-dev/2013-July/000475.html |accessdate=August 16, 2013 |date=July 1, 2013}}</ref> did not make it to Firefox 28 Aurora channel, and was finally available with Firefox 29.<ref name="Planning 2013-11-20">{{cite web|title=Planning 2013-11-20|url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Planning/2013-11-20#Nightly_.2829.29|accessdate=January 12, 2014}}</ref> This release added support for <code><iframe srcdoc></code> attribute, <code>background-attachment:local</code> in CSS, along with [[Web audio]] API support, separate find bar for each tab and many other bug fixes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Firefox Notes – Desktop |work=Firefox 25.0 release notes |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=October 29, 2013 |url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/25.0/releasenotes/ |accessdate=October 29, 2013}}</ref><ref name="What’s New in Firefox 25">{{cite web |title=What’s New in Firefox 25 |url=http://www.sitepoint.com/whats-new-firefox-25/ |accessdate=November 10, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Here’s What’s New In Firefox 25">{{cite web |title=Here’s What’s New In Firefox 25 |url=http://www.addictivetips.com/web/firefox-25-new-features/ |accessdate=November 10, 2013}}</ref> |
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Firefox 25.0.1 was released on November 15, 2013 to address issues with pages that sometimes wouldn't load without first moving the cursor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Firefox Notes – Desktop |work=Firefox 25.0.1 release notes |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=November 15, 2013 |url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/25.0.1/releasenotes/ |accessdate=November 16, 2013}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 26}} Version 26 ==== |
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Firefox 26 was released December 10, 2013. Firefox 26 changed the behavior of [[Java (programming language)|Java]] plugins to "click-to-play" mode instead of automatically running them. It also added support for [[H.264]] on Linux, password manager support for script-generated fields, and the ability for Windows users without advanced write permissions to update Firefox, as well as many bug fixes and developer-related changes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Firefox Notes - Desktop|work=Firefox 26.0 Release Notes|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=December 10, 2013|accessdate=December 11, 2013|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/26.0/releasenotes/}}</ref> |
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Firefox 26.0.1 was released only for Android on December 20, 2013, just ten days after the desktop release. It fixed screen distortion on some devices after tapping on search suggestion.<ref>{{cite web|title=Firefox Notes - Mobile|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=December 20, 2013|accessdate=February 4, 2014|url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/mobile/26.0.1/releasenotes/}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 27}} Version 27 ==== |
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Firefox 27 was released on February 4, 2014. It adds improved Social API and [[SPDY]] 3.1 support, as well as enabling of TLS 1.1 and 1.2 by default. Also, it brings many bug fixes, security improvements, and developer-related changes.<ref name="Firefox27">{{cite web |title=Mozilla Firefox 27.0 Release Notes |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=February 4, 2014 |url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/27.0/releasenotes/ |accessdate=February 14, 2014}}</ref> |
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Firefox 27.0.1 was released on February 13, 2014. It fixed stability issues with Greasemonkey and other JavaScript that used ClearTimeoutOrInterval, as well as JavaScript math correctness issues.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |title=Mozilla Firefox 27.0.1 Release Notes |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=February 13, 2014 |url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/27.0.1/releasenotes/ |accessdate=February 14, 2014}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 28}} Version 28 ==== |
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Firefox 28 was released on March 18, 2014. It added support for VP9 video decoding and support for Opus in WebM.<ref name="Firefox28">{{cite web |title=Mozilla Firefox 28.0 Release Notes |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=March 18, 2014 |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/28.0/releasenotes/ |accessdate=March 18, 2014}}</ref> For [[Android (operating system)|Android]], features such as predictive lookup from the address bar, quick share buttons and support for [[OpenSearch]] were added.<ref name="Firefox 28 released">{{cite web|title=Firefox 28 released|url=http://www.extremetech.com/computing/178659-firefox-28-released-windows-8-metro-version-removed-at-the-last-moment-because-it-only-had-1000-users|accessdate=28 March 2014}}</ref> |
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Firefox 28.0.1 was released only for Android six days later. It fixed H.264 video playback issues on several Galaxy devices and includes a mobile-only security fix for [[File URI scheme|file: URLs]].<ref name="Firefox 28.0.1">{{cite web |title=Mozilla Firefox 28.0.1 Release Notes (Mobile) |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/28.0.1/releasenotes/ |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=March 24, 2014 |accessdate=April 1, 2014}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 29}} Version 29 ==== |
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[[File:Firefox 29.0 on Windows 8.png|thumb|Firefox 29 with Australis interface, running on [[Windows 8.1]]]] |
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Firefox 29 was released on April 29, 2014 and includes the Australis interface, it also removes the add-on bar and moves its content to the navigation bar.<ref name="Firefox 29">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/29.0/releasenotes/|title=Mozilla Firefox 29 Release Notes|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=April 29, 2014|accessdate=April 29, 2014}}</ref> |
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Firefox 29.0.1 was released ten days later, fixing a few bugs.<ref name="Firefox 29.0.1">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/29.0.1/releasenotes/ |title=Mozilla Firefox 29.0.1 Release Notes |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=May 9, 2014 |accessdate=May 12, 2014}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 30}} Version 30 ==== |
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Firefox 30 was released on June 10, 2014. It adds support for [[GStreamer]] 1.0 and a new sidebar button, and most plugins are not activated by default.<ref name="Firefox 30">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/30.0/releasenotes/|title=Mozilla Firefox 30 Release Notes|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=June 10, 2014|accessdate=June 10, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ghacks.net/2014/06/10/firefox-30-released-find-new/|title=Firefox 30 released: Find out what is new|last=Brinkmann|first=Martin|publisher=ghacks.net|date=June 10, 2014|accessdate=June 10, 2014}}</ref> |
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=== Version 31–37 === |
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==== {{anchor|Version 31|Firefox 31|Firefox 31 (ESR)}} Version 31 (ESR) ==== |
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Firefox 31 and Firefox 31 ESR were released on July 22, 2014. Both versions added [[search field]] on the new tab page and were improved to block [[malware]] from downloaded files, along with other new features.<ref name="Firefox 31">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/31.0/releasenotes/|title=Mozilla Firefox 31 Release Notes|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=July 22, 2014|accessdate=July 22, 2014}}</ref> Firefox 31 ESR is the first ESR to include the Australis interface, unifying the user experience across different Firefox versions. Firefox 24.x.x ESR versions will be automatically updated to ESR version 31 after October 14, 2014.<ref name="Firefox ESR Release Cycle">{{cite web|url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Enterprise/Firefox/ExtendedSupport:Proposal |title=Enterprise/Firefox/ExtendedSupport:Proposal - MozillaWiki |publisher=Wiki.mozilla.org |date= |accessdate=2014-07-25}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 32}} Version 32 ==== |
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Firefox 32 was released on September 2, 2014. It shows off HTTP [[Cache (computing)|caching]] improvements, adds [[HiDPI]]/[[Retina Display|Retina]] support in the Developer Tools UI and widens HTML5 support, among other things.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://betanews.com/2014/09/02/firefox-32-final-released-for-desktop-shows-off-http-caching-improvements-and-other-minor-tweaks/|title=Firefox 32 FINAL released for desktop, shows off HTTP caching improvements and other minor tweaks|last=Peers|first=Nick|publisher=BetaNews.com|date=September 2, 2014|accessdate=September 2, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 32">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/32.0/releasenotes/|title=Mozilla Firefox 32 Release Notes|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=September 2, 2014|accessdate=September 2, 2014}}</ref> Firefox 32.0.1 was released for mobile only on September 10, 2014, fixing the link tap selection that is offset on some Android devices;<ref name="Firefox 32.0.1">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/32.0.1/releasenotes/|title=Mozilla Firefox 32.0.1 Mobile Release Notes|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=September 10, 2014|accessdate=September 11, 2014}}</ref> and for desktop two days later, fixing stability issues.<ref name="Firefox 32.0.1 Desktop">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/32.0.1/releasenotes/|title=Mozilla Firefox 32.0.1 Release Notes|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=September 12, 2014|accessdate=September 14, 2014}}</ref> Firefox 32.0.2 was released for desktop only on September 18, 2014, fixing the corrupt installations causing Firefox to crash on update.<ref name="Firefox 32.0.2">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/32.0.2/releasenotes/|title=Mozilla Firefox 32.0.2 Release Notes|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=September 18, 2014|accessdate=September 19, 2014}}</ref> Firefox 32.0.3 was released for desktop and Android on September 24, 2014, fixing a security vulnerability.<ref name="Firefox 32.0.3">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/32.0.3/releasenotes/|title=Mozilla Firefox 32.0.3 Release Notes|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=September 24, 2014|accessdate=September 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 32.0.3 mobile">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/32.0.3/releasenotes/|title=Mozilla Firefox 32.0.3 Release Notes|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=September 24, 2014|accessdate=September 25, 2014}}</ref> |
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===={{Anchor|OMTC}}Version 33==== |
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Firefox 33 was released on October 14, 2014. It now has ''off-main-thread compositing'' (OMTC) enabled by default on Windows (which brings [[responsiveness]] improvements),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/GFX/OffMainThreadCompositing|title=Platform/GFX/OffMainThreadCompositing|publisher=|accessdate=October 15, 2014}}</ref> [[OpenH264]] support, search suggestions on about:home and about:newtab, [[address bar]] search improvements, [[Session (computer science)|session]] restore reliability improvements, and other changes.<ref name="Firefox 33.0">{{cite web |title=Mozilla Firefox 33.0 Release Notes |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=October 14, 2014 |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/33.0/releasenotes/ |accessdate=October 14, 2014}}</ref> |
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Firefox 33.0.1 was released for desktop only on October 24, 2014, fixing displaying of a black screen at startup with certain graphics drivers.<ref name="Firefox 33.0.1">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/33.0.1/releasenotes/|title=Mozilla Firefox 33.0.1 Release Notes|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=October 24, 2014|accessdate=October 27, 2014}}</ref> Firefox 33.0.2 was released for desktop only on October 28, 2014, fixing a startup crash with some combination of hardware and drivers.<ref name="Firefox 33.0.2">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/33.0.2/releasenotes/|title=Mozilla Firefox 33.0.2 Release Notes|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=October 28, 2014|accessdate=October 29, 2014}}</ref> Firefox 33.0.3 was released for desktop only on November 6, 2014, fixing several issues related to graphics drivers.<ref name="Firefox 33.0.3">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/33.0.3/releasenotes/|title=Mozilla Firefox 33.0.3 Release Notes|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=November 6, 2014|accessdate=November 7, 2014}}</ref> |
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Firefox 33.1 was released on November 10, 2014, celebrating Firefox's 10-year anniversary.<ref name="Firefox 33.1">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/33.1/releasenotes/|title=Mozilla Firefox 33.1 Release Notes|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=November 10, 2014|accessdate=November 10, 2014}}</ref><ref name=FirefoxDecade>{{cite web|url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Decade|title=Firefox/Decade - MozillaWiki|publisher=}}</ref> Firefox 33.1.1 was released for desktop only on November 14, 2014, fixing a startup crash.<ref name="Firefox 33.1.1">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/33.1.1/releasenotes/|title=Mozilla Firefox 33.1.1 Release Notes|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=November 15, 2014}}</ref> |
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===={{Anchor|HELLO}}Version 34==== |
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[[File:Firefox-hello-logo.svg|thumb|The logo of Firefox Hello.]] |
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Firefox 34.0 was released on December 1, 2014. It brings ''Firefox Hello'' (a [[WebRTC]] client for voice and video chat), an improved [[search bar]], and the implementation of [[HTTP/2]] (draft14) and [[Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation|ALPN]], together with other features. It also disables [[SSLv3]], and enables the ability to recover from a locked Firefox process and to switch themes and personas directly in the customization mode.<ref name="Firefox 34.0">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/34.0/releasenotes/|title=Mozilla Firefox 34.0 Release Notes|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=December 1, 2014|accessdate=December 1, 2014}}</ref> |
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Firefox 34.0.5 was released for desktop only on December 1, 2014, changing the default search engine to [[Yahoo!]] for North America.<ref name="Firefox 34.0.5">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/34.0.5/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (34.0.5) — Mozilla |date=December 1, 2014 |accessdate=December 7, 2014 |publisher=[[mozilla.org]]}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 35}} Version 35 ==== |
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Firefox 35.0 was released on January 13, 2015. It brings support for a room-based conversations model to the Firefox Hello chat service, and other functions, it includes security fixes.<ref name="Firefox 35.0">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/35.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox - Notes (35.0) - Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla |accessdate=January 13, 2015}}</ref> |
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Firefox 35.0.1 was released first for desktop on January 26, 2015, fixing various issues,<ref name="Firefox 35.0.1">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/35.0.1/releasenotes/|title=Mozilla Firefox 35.0.1 Release Notes|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=January 26, 2015|accessdate=January 27, 2015}}</ref> and then for Android on February 5, 2015, fixing a crash with video playback on Asus MeMO Pad 10 and 8, Tesco Hudl, Lenovo Lifetab E models, and several other devices running the Rockchip SoC.<ref name="FF35.0.1 Mobile">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/35.0.1/releasenotes/|title=Mozilla Firefox 35.0.1 Release Notes (Mobile)|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=February 5, 2015|accessdate=February 25, 2015}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 36}} Version 36 ==== |
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Firefox 36.0 was released for desktop on February 24, 2015, bringing full [[HTTP/2]] support and other smaller improvements and fixes.<ref name="Firefox 36.0">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/36.0/releasenotes/|title=Mozilla Firefox 36.0 Release Notes|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=February 24, 2015|accessdate=February 24, 2015}}</ref> It was also released for Android three days later on February 27, 2015, adding support for the tablet user interface.<ref name="Firefox 36.0 Mobile">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/36.0/releasenotes/|title=Firefox for Android — Notes (36.0.1) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=February 27, 2015|accessdate=March 9, 2015}}</ref> |
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Firefox 36.0.1 was released for desktop on March 5, 2015, and the next day for Android, fixing various issues.<ref name="Firefox 36.0.1">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/36.0.1/releasenotes/|title=Firefox — Notes (36.0.1) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=March 5, 2015|accessdate=March 7, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 36.0.1 Mobile">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/36.0.1/releasenotes/|title=Firefox for Android — Notes (36.0.1) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=March 6, 2015|accessdate=March 9, 2015}}</ref> |
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Firefox 36.0.2 was released for Android only on March 16, 2015, fixing a startup crash on HTC One M8 devices (Verizon) with Android 5.0.1 and some potential crashes with Flash videos.<ref name="Firefox 36.0.2">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/36.0.2/releasenotes/|title=Firefox for Android — Notes (36.0.2) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=March 16, 2015|accessdate=March 31, 2015}}</ref> |
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Firefox 36.0.3 was released on March 20, 2015, soon after that, Version 36.0.4 was released on March 21, 2015, for desktop and Android, fixing security issues disclosed at HP Zero Day Initiative's [[Pwn2Own]] contest.<ref name="Firefox 36.0.3">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/36.0.3/releasenotes/|title=Firefox — Notes (36.0.3) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=March 20, 2015|accessdate=March 21, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 36.0.3 Mobile">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/36.0.3/releasenotes/|title=Firefox for Android — Notes (36.0.3) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=March 20, 2015|accessdate=March 21, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 36.0.4">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/36.0.4/releasenotes/|title=Firefox — Notes (36.0.4) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=March 21, 2015|accessdate=March 22, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 36.0.4 Mobile">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/36.0.4/releasenotes/|title=Firefox for Android — Notes (36.0.4) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=March 21, 2015|accessdate=March 22, 2015}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 37}} Version 37 ==== |
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Firefox 37 was released on March 31, 2015, bringing a heartbeat user rating system, which provides user feedback about the Firefox, and improved protection against website impersonation via OneCRL centralized certificate revocation. Also, Bing search is changed to use HTTPS for secure searching, and added is support for opportunistic encryption of the HTTP traffic where the server supports HTTP/2's AltSvc feature.<ref name="Firefox 37.0">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/37.0/releasenotes/|title=Firefox — Notes (37.0) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=March 31, 2015|accessdate=March 31, 2015}}</ref> |
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Firefox 37.0.1 was released on April 3, 2015 for desktop and Android, fixing security issues and several crash issues. It also disabled opportunistic encryption of the HTTP traffic introduced in 37.0.<ref name="Firefox 37.0.1">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/37.0.1/releasenotes/|title=Firefox — Notes (37.0.1) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=April 3, 2015|accessdate=April 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 37.0.1 Mobile">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/37.0.1/releasenotes/|title=Firefox for Android — Notes (37.0.1) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=April 3, 2015|accessdate=April 4, 2015}}</ref> |
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Firefox 37.0.2 was released for Android on April 14, 2015, fixing an issue related to the "request desktop site" feature,<ref name="Firefox 37.0.2 Mobile">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/37.0.2/releasenotes/|title=Firefox for Android — Notes (37.0.2) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=April 14, 2015|accessdate=April 16, 2015}}</ref> and for desktop on April 20, 2015, fixing a Google Maps rendering issue, stability issues for some graphics hardware and feature sets, and certain security issues.<ref name="Firefox 37.0.2">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/37.0.2/releasenotes/|title=Firefox — Notes (37.0.2) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=April 20, 2015|accessdate=April 21, 2015}}</ref> |
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=== Version 38–44 === |
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==== {{anchor|Version 38|Firefox 38|Firefox 38 (ESR)}} Version 38 (ESR) ==== |
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Both Firefox 38 and Firefox 38 ESR were released on May 12, 2015, with new tab-based preferences, Ruby annotation support and availability of WebSockets in web workers, along with the implementation of the BroadcastChannel API and other features and security fixes.<ref name="Firefox 38.0">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/38.0/releasenotes/|title=Firefox — Notes (38.0) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=May 12, 2015|accessdate=May 13, 2015}}</ref> |
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Firefox 38.0.1 and ESR 38.0.1 were released on May 14, 2015 for desktop, fixing a number of stability issues.<ref name="Firefox 38.0.1">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/38.0.1/releasenotes/|title=Firefox — Notes (38.0.1) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=May 14, 2015|accessdate=May 14, 2015}}</ref> Firefox 38.0.1 for Android was released on May 15, 2015, fixing a number of stability issues.<ref name="Firefox 38.0.1 Mobile">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/38.0.1/releasenotes/|title=Firefox for Android — Notes (38.0.1) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=May 15, 2015|accessdate=May 16, 2015}}</ref> |
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Firefox 38.0.5 was released on June 2, 2015 for desktop and Android, fixing bugs and security issues, and adding new functionality that included integration of [[Pocket (application)|Pocket]] and availability of Reader View mode.<ref name="Firefox 38.0.5">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/38.0.5/releasenotes/|title=Firefox — Notes (38.0.5) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=June 2, 2015|accessdate=June 2, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 38.0.5 Mobile">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/38.0.5/releasenotes/|title=Firefox for Android — Notes (38.0.5) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=June 2, 2015|accessdate=June 3, 2015}}</ref> This was the first release offered to the Release channel users since 38.0.1. |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 39}} Version 39 ==== |
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Firefox 39 was released on July 2, 2015 for desktop and Android, disabling insecure [[SSLv3]] and [[RC4]], improving performance for IPv6 fallback to IPv4 and including various security fixes.<ref name="Firefox 39.0 Mobile">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/39.0/releasenotes/|title=Firefox for Android — Notes (39.0) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=July 2, 2015|accessdate=July 10, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 39.0">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/39.0/releasenotes/|title=Firefox — Notes (39.0) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=July 2, 2015|accessdate=July 10, 2015}}</ref> Firefox 39.0.3 was released on August 6, 2015, to fix a zero-day exploit.<ref name="Firefox 39.0.3">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/39.0.3/releasenotes/|title=Firefox — Notes (39.0.3) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=August 6, 2015|accessdate=August 10, 2015}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 40}} Version 40 ==== |
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Firefox 40 was released on August 11, 2015 for desktop and Android. On [[Windows 10]], the Australis theme was updated to reflect the overall appearance of Windows 10, and the interface is adapted for usability on [[touchscreen]]s when used in the operating system's "Tablet mode". Firefox 40 includes additional security features, including the filtering of pages that offer [[potentially unwanted program]]s, and warnings during the installation of unsigned extensions; in future versions, signing of extensions will become mandatory, and the browser will refuse to install extensions that have not been signed. Firefox 40 also includes performance improvements, such as off-main-thread compositing on Linux.<ref name=engadget-fx40>{{cite web|title=Firefox version 40 set to roll with new Windows 10 features|url=https://www.engadget.com/2015/08/11/firefox-version-40-windows-10-features/|work=[[Engadget]]|publisher=AOL|accessdate=12 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 40.0">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/40.0/releasenotes/|title=Firefox — Notes (40.0) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=August 11, 2015|accessdate=August 11, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 40.0 Mobile">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/40.0/releasenotes/|title=Firefox for Android — Notes (40.0) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=August 11, 2015|accessdate=August 11, 2015}}</ref> |
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Firefox 40.0.2 was released for desktop only two days later on August 13, 2015, fixing some stability issues.<ref name="Firefox 40.0.2">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/40.0.2/releasenotes/|title=Firefox — Notes (40.0.2) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=August 13, 2015|accessdate=August 18, 2015}}</ref> |
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Firefox 40.0.3 was released for desktop and Android on August 27, 2015, fixing some stability issues and security vulnerabilities.<ref name="Firefox 40.0.3">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/40.0.3/releasenotes/|title=Firefox — Notes (40.0.3) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=August 27, 2015|accessdate=August 28, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 40.0.3 Mobile">{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/40.0.3/releasenotes/|title=Firefox for Android — Notes (40.0.3) — Mozilla|publisher=Mozilla.org|date=August 27, 2015|accessdate=August 28, 2015}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 41}} Version 41 ==== |
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Firefox 41 was released on September 22, 2015 for desktop and Android. Among many additions are the ability to set a profile picture for a Firefox account, enhanced [[Input method editor|IME]] support using [[Text Services Framework]], and instant messaging on Firefox Hello.<ref name="Firefox 41.0">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/41.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (41.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=September 22, 2015 |accessdate=September 22, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 41.0 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/41.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (41.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=September 22, 2015 |accessdate=September 22, 2015}}</ref> |
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Firefox 41.0.1 was released for desktop only on September 30, 2015, fixing some stability issues.<ref name="Firefox 41.0.1">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/41.0.1/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (41.0.1) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=September 30, 2015 |accessdate=October 1, 2015}}</ref> |
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Firefox 41.0.2 was released on October 15, 2015, fixing a security vulnerability.<ref name="Firefox 41.0.2">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/41.0.2/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (41.0.2) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=October 15, 2015 |accessdate=October 25, 2015}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 42}} Version 42 ==== |
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Firefox 42 was released on November 3, 2015 for desktop and Android. Among many additions are private browsing with tracking protection, IPv6 support in WebRTC, and the ability to view HTML source in a tab.<ref name="Firefox 42.0">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/42.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (42.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=November 3, 2015 |accessdate=November 3, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 42.0 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/42.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (42.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=November 3, 2015 |accessdate=November 3, 2015}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 43}} Version 43 ==== |
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Firefox 43 was released on December 15, 2015 for desktop and Android. Among many additions are the availability of the 64-bit version for Windows 7 and above, a new strict blocklist, and audio indicators on Android.<ref name="Firefox 43.0">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/43.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (43.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=December 15, 2015 |accessdate=December 15, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 43.0 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/43.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (43.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=December 15, 2015 |accessdate=December 15, 2015}}</ref> |
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Firefox 43.0.1 was released on December 18, 2015 for desktop only, to prepare for the use of SHA-256 signing certificate for Windows builds, to meet a new signing requirement.<ref name="Firefox 43.0.1">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/43.0.1/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (43.0.1) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=December 18, 2015 |accessdate=December 26, 2015}}</ref> Three days later, Firefox 43.0.2 was released for desktop only, citing not only the use of SHA-256 signing certificate for Windows builds, but also various security fixes.<ref name="Firefox 43.0.2">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/43.0.2/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (43.0.2) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=December 26, 2015}}</ref> Firefox 43.0.3 was released for desktop only on December 28, 2015, fixing a network issue when using Nvidia's Network Access Manager, and improving the decoding of some videos on [[YouTube]] on some Windows configurations.<ref name="Firefox 43.0.3">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/43.0.3/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (43.0.3) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=December 28, 2015 |accessdate=December 28, 2015}}</ref> Firefox 43.0.4 was released for desktop only on January 6, 2016, fixing a startup crash for users of an antivirus tool, allowing the creation of multi-user GNU/Linux download folders, and re-enabling SHA-1 certificates.<ref name="Firefox 43.0.4">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/43.0.4/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (43.0.4) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=January 6, 2016 |accessdate=January 7, 2016}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 44}} Version 44 ==== |
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Firefox 44 was released on January 26, 2016 for desktop and Android. Among many additions are the improvement of warning pages for certificate errors and untrusted connections, enabling of H.264 and WebM/VP9 video support on systems that don't support MP4/H.264, support for the brotli compression format via HTTPS content-encoding, and the use of Android print service to enable cloud printing.<ref name="Firefox 44.0">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/44.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (44.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=January 26, 2016 |accessdate=January 26, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 44.0 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/44.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (44.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=January 26, 2016 |accessdate=January 26, 2016}}</ref> "Ask me every time" cookies option was removed without any notifications.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=606655 |title=606655 – Remove "Ask me everytime" cookies option. |publisher=Bugzilla.mozilla.org |date= |accessdate=November 21, 2016}}</ref> |
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Firefox 44.0.1 was released on February 8, 2016 for desktop only, fixing an issue that could lead to the removal of stored passwords under certain circumstances; requiring NSS 3.21, and disabling opus/vorbis audio with H.264, among other things.<ref name="Firefox 44.0.1">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/44.0.1/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (44.0.1) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=February 8, 2016 |accessdate=February 16, 2016}}</ref> Firefox 44.0.2 was released three days later for desktop and Android, fixing issues where Firefox hangs or crashes on startup among other issues.<ref name="Firefox 44.0.2">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/44.0.2/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (44.0.2) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=February 11, 2016 |accessdate=February 16, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 44.0.2 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/44.0.2/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (44.0.2) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=February 11, 2016 |accessdate=February 16, 2016}}</ref> |
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=== Version 45–51 === |
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==== {{anchor|Version 45|Firefox 45|Firefox 45 (ESR)}} Version 45 (ESR) ==== |
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Firefox 45 and Firefox 45 ESR were released on March 8, 2016 for desktop (both) and Android (no ESR). Among many additions were Instant Browser sharing through Hello, the addition of Guarani locale, the ability to filter snapshot output in memory tool, and the removal of Tab Groups (panorama) feature.<ref name="Firefox 45.0">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/45.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (45.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=March 8, 2016 |accessdate=March 8, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 45.0 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/45.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (45.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=March 8, 2016 |accessdate=March 8, 2016}}</ref> Firefox 45.0.1 and Firefox 45.0.1 ESR were released on March 16, 2016 for desktop (both) and Android (no ESR). Several regressions are fixed and Graphite library is disabled.<ref name="Firefox 45.0.1">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/45.0.1/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (45.0.1) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=March 16, 2016 |accessdate=March 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 45.0.1 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/45.0.1/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (45.0.1) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=March 16, 2016 |accessdate=March 16, 2016}}</ref> Firefox 45.0.2 and Firefox 45.0.2 ESR were released on April 11, 2016 for desktop (both) and Android (no ESR). Many fixes included are for the cookie header, compatibility regression (both), and a regression with the copy and paste with some old versions of some Gecko applications like Thunderbird (desktop only).<ref name="Firefox 45.0.2">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/45.0.2/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (45.0.2) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=April 11, 2016 |accessdate=April 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 45.0.2 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/45.0.2/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (45.0.2) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=April 11, 2016 |accessdate=April 19, 2016}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 46}} Version 46 ==== |
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Firefox 46 was released on April 26, 2016 for both desktop and Android. Among the many additions were improved security of the JavaScript Just In Time (JIT) Compiler, the GTK3 integration (GNU/Linux only), HKDF support for Web Crypto API, and removal of support for Android 3.0 (Android only).<ref name="Firefox 46.0">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/46.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (46.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=April 26, 2016 |accessdate=April 26, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 46.0 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/46.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (46.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=April 26, 2016 |accessdate=April 26, 2016}}</ref> |
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Firefox 46.0.1 was released on May 3, 2016 for both desktop and Android, fixing various issues, including add-on signing certificate expiration and page loading issue related to antivirus software.<ref name="Firefox 46.0.1">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/46.0.1/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (46.0.1) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=May 3, 2016 |accessdate=May 11, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 46.0.1 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/46.0.1/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (46.0.1) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=May 3, 2016 |accessdate=May 11, 2016}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 47}} Version 47 ==== |
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Firefox 47 was released on June 7, 2016 for both desktop and Android. Among the many additions were support for Google’s Widevine CDM on Windows and Mac OS X so streaming services like Amazon Video can switch from Silverlight to encrypted HTML5 video; enabling VP9 video codec for users with fast machines; the ability of embedded YouTube videos to play with HTML5 video if Flash is not installed; and the addition of the [[Latgalian language]]. It is also the last Firefox version to support Android 2.3.x.<ref name="Firefox 47.0">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/47.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (47.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=June 7, 2016 |accessdate=January 27, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 47.0 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/47.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (47.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=June 7, 2016 |accessdate=January 27, 2018}}</ref> |
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Firefox 47.0.1 was released on June 28, 2016 for desktop only, which fixed an issue with the Selenium WebDriver.<ref name="Firefox 47.0.1">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/47.0.1/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (47.0.1) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=June 28, 2016 |accessdate=June 28, 2016}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 48}} Version 48 ==== |
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Firefox 48 was released on August 2, 2016 for both desktop and Android. Among the many additions were enhanced download protection and the removal of Windows Remote Access Service modem Autodial. It was also the first official release with [[Features of Firefox#Electrolysis and WebExtensions|"Electrolysis"]] (multi-process Firefox, meaning that the interface and web pages are running in separate processes in the computer) was enabled for part of the users. |
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It is the last Firefox version to support [[Mac OS X Snow Leopard]], [[Mac OS X Lion]], and [[OS X Mountain Lion]].<ref name="Firefox 48.0">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/48.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (48.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=August 2, 2016 |accessdate=January 27, 2018}}</ref> Additionally, support for old processors without [[SSE2]] extensions such as the AMD Athlon XP and Pentium III was dropped.<ref name="Firefox 48.0"/> |
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Update Firefox 48.0.1 was released on August 18, 2016 for desktop only, fixing a top crash in the JavaScript engine, another one caused by plugin issues, a shutdown issue, and other bugs.<ref name="Firefox 48.0.1">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/48.0.1/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (48.0.1) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=August 18, 2016 |accessdate=August 23, 2016}}</ref> Firefox 48.0.2 was released six days later for desktop only, which fixed a Windows-only startup crash issue caused by Websense.<ref name="Firefox 48.0.2">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/48.0.2/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (48.0.2) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=August 24, 2016 |accessdate=August 26, 2016}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 49}} Version 49 ==== |
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Firefox 49 was released on September 20, 2016 for both desktop and Android. Among the many additions were an updated Firefox Login Manager, improved video performance for users on systems that support [[SSE3]] without hardware acceleration, added [[context menu]] controls to HTML5 audio and video that let users loop files or play files at 1.25x speed, improvements in about:memory reports for tracking font memory usage, and the removal of Firefox Hello.<ref name="Firefox 49.0">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/49.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (49.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=September 20, 2016 |accessdate=September 20, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 49.0 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/49.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (49.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=September 20, 2016 |accessdate=September 20, 2016}}</ref> The [[macOS]] version now requires at least [[OS X Mavericks]], and the [[Microsoft Windows]] version requires a CPU which supports [[SSE2]].<ref name="Firefox 48.0"/> |
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Firefox 49.0.1 was released three days later for desktop only, mitigating a Windows-only startup crash issue caused by Websense.<ref name="Firefox 49.0.1">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/49.0.1/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (49.0.1) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=September 23, 2016 |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> |
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Firefox 49.0.2 was released for both desktop and Android on October 20, 2016, among the changes are asynchronous rendering of the Flash plugins that is now enabled by default (desktop), and the fix for web compatibility issue with file uploads (Android).<ref name="Firefox 49.0.2">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/49.0.2/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (49.0.2) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=October 20, 2016 |accessdate=October 26, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 49.0.2 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/49.0.2/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (49.0.2) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=October 20, 2016 |accessdate=October 27, 2016}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 50}} Version 50 ==== |
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Firefox 50 was released on November 15, 2016 for both desktop and Android. Among the many additions were playback video on more sites without plugins with WebM EME Support for Widevine on Windows and Mac, improved performance for SDK extensions or extensions using the SDK module loader; download protection for a large number of executable file types on Windows, macOS, and Linux, increased availability of WebGL to more than 98 percent of users on Windows 7 and newer (desktop), and support for HLS videos via player overlay (Android).<ref name="Firefox 50.0">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/50.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (50.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=November 15, 2016 |accessdate=November 15, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 50.0 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/50.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (50.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=November 15, 2016 |accessdate=November 15, 2016}}</ref> |
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Firefox 50.0.1 was released on November 28, 2016 for desktop only, fixing an issue where Firefox crashes with 3rd party Chinese IME when using IME text.<ref name="Firefox 50.0.1">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/50.0.1/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (50.0.1) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=November 28, 2016 |accessdate=November 29, 2016}}</ref> Firefox 50.0.2 was released two days later for both desktop and Android, fixing a zero-day exploit in the wild among other exploits.<ref name="Firefox 50.0.2">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/50.0.2/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (50.0.2) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=November 30, 2016 |accessdate=December 1, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 50.0.2 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/50.0.2/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (50.0.2) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=November 30, 2016 |accessdate=December 1, 2016}}</ref> Firefox 50.1.0 was released on December 13, 2016 for both desktop and Android, fixing more security bugs.<ref name="Firefox 50.1.0">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/50.1.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (50.1.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=December 13, 2016 |accessdate=December 15, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 50.1.0 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/50.1.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (50.1.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=December 13, 2016 |accessdate=December 15, 2016}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 51}} Version 51 ==== |
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Firefox 51.0 was released on January 24, 2017 for both desktop and Android. Among the many additions were added support for FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) playback, better Tab Switching, support for WebGL 2, and a warning that is displayed when a login page does not have a secure connection.<ref name="Firefox 51.0">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/51.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (51.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=January 24, 2017 |accessdate=January 24, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 51.0 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/51.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (51.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=January 24, 2017 |accessdate=January 24, 2017}}</ref> Firefox 51.0.1 was released two days later for desktop only, fixing issues where multiprocess incompatibility did not correctly register with some add-ons, and geolocation was not working on Windows.<ref name="Firefox 51.0.1">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/51.0.1/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (51.0.1) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=January 26, 2017 |accessdate=January 31, 2017}}</ref> |
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Firefox 51.0.2 was released on February 6, 2017 for Android only, fixing a crash caused by an Android library (Palette) on some x86 devices.<ref name="Firefox 51.0.2 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/51.0.2/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (51.0.2) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=February 6, 2017 |accessdate=March 7, 2017}}</ref> Firefox 51.0.3 was released three days later for Android only, this time fixing a build issue which was causing some crashes on some x86 architectures, and including various security fixes.<ref name="Firefox 51.0.3 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/51.0.3/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (51.0.3) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=February 9, 2017 |accessdate=March 7, 2017}}</ref> |
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=== Version 52–59 === |
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==== {{anchor|Version 52|Firefox 52|Firefox 52 (ESR)}} Version 52 (ESR) ==== |
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Firefox 52 and Firefox 52 ESR were released on March 7, 2017 for desktop (both) and Android (no ESR). |
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An important aspect of Firefox ESR 52.0 is that it is the first ESR version based on [[Features of Firefox#Electrolysis and WebExtensions|Firefox Electrolysis]] (Firefox 48) code base. |
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Among the many additions were: Added support for [[WebAssembly]] (while disabled in Firefox ESR 52), an emerging standard that brings near-native performance to Web-based games, apps, and software libraries without the use of plugins; automatic [[captive portal]] detection, for easier access to Wi-Fi hotspots; user warnings for non-secure HTTP pages with logins (desktop); and display of media controls to pause or resume playback on the Android notification bar.<ref name="Firefox 52.0">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/52.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (52.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=March 7, 2017 |accessdate=March 7, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 52.0 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/52.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (52.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=March 7, 2017 |accessdate=March 7, 2017}}</ref> This standard Firefox version is also the last version to support Windows XP and Vista. |
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Firefox dropped support for [[NPAPI]] plugins like [[Microsoft Silverlight]] and Java with the exception of Adobe Flash Player (except the ESR version which still supports NPAPI).<ref>{{cite web|title=Java plugin does not work in Firefox|url=https://www.java.com/en/download/help/firefox_java.xml|website=www.java.com}}</ref> |
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Firefox 52.0.1 and 52.0.1 ESR were released on March 17, 2017 for desktop (both) and Android (no ESR), making various security fixes.<ref name="Firefox 52.0.1">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/52.0.1/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (52.0.1) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=March 17, 2017 |accessdate=March 20, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 52.0.1 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/52.0.1/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (52.0.1) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=March 17, 2017 |accessdate=March 30, 2017}}</ref> Firefox 52.0.2 and 52.0.2 ESR were released on March 28, 2017 for desktop (both) and Android (no ESR), this time fixing loading tab icons on session restore; fixing a crash on startup on Linux (desktop), and disabling presentation API to avoid page loading delays.<ref name="Firefox 52.0.2">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/52.0.2/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (52.0.2) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=March 28, 2017 |accessdate=March 30, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 52.0.2 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/52.0.2/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (52.0.2) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=March 28, 2017 |accessdate=March 30, 2017}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 53}} Version 53 ==== |
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Firefox 53 was released on April 19, 2017 for both desktop and Android. Among the many additions are: improved graphics stability for Windows users with the addition of compositor process separation, light and dark "compact" themes available, based on the Firefox Developer Edition theme, removal of support for 32-bit macOS and Linux support for processors older than [[Pentium 4]] and AMD Opteron; new visual design for audio and video controls, support for [[WebM]] video with [[alpha compositing]], which allows playing videos with transparent backgrounds (desktop), Reader Mode displaying estimated reading time for the page (desktop and Android), and enabling two columns tabs setting in portrait mode (Android).<ref name="Firefox 53.0">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/53.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (53.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=April 19, 2017 |accessdate=April 19, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 53.0 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/53.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (53.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=April 19, 2017 |accessdate=April 19, 2017}}</ref> |
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Starting with this version, Microsoft Windows support is exclusively for [[Windows 7]] and above. |
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Firefox 53.0.1 was released on April 27, 2017 for Android only, fixing some stability issues, including a rare condition that could prevent opening restored tabs.<ref name="Firefox 53.0.1 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/53.0.1/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (53.0.1) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=April 27, 2017 |accessdate=May 2, 2017}}</ref> Firefox 53.0.2 was released on May 5, 2017 for both desktop and Android, fixing some security and stability issues, including making form validation errors and date picker panel visible to the user (desktop) and a fix for issues with Android integration.<ref name="Firefox 53.0.2">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/53.0.2/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (53.0.2) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=May 5, 2017 |accessdate=May 6, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Firefox 53.0.2 Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/53.0.2/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (53.0.2) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=May 5, 2017 |accessdate=May 6, 2017}}</ref> Firefox 53.0.3 was released on May 19, 2017 for desktop only, fixing some stability issues and bumping preloaded security information expiration times.<ref name="Firefox 53.0.3">{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/53.0.3/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (53.0.3) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=May 19, 2017 |accessdate=May 20, 2017}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 54}} Version 54 ==== |
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Firefox 54 was released on June 13, 2017 for both desktop and Android. Among the many additions are: simplifying the download button and download status [[Panel (computer software)|panel]], added support for multiple content processes, and the ability to create and save custom devices in [[Responsive web design]] mode (desktop), and improved audio and video playback in the browser, and improved bookmarks sync performance (Android).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/54.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (54.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=June 13, 2017 |accessdate=June 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/54.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (54.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=June 13, 2017 |accessdate=June 13, 2017}}</ref> |
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Firefox 54.0.1 was released on June 29, 2017 for both desktop and Android, fixing many issues including those of a tab title, opening a new tab, opening multiple tabs, a PDF printing issue (desktop) and crashes in tab tray menu and issues with navigation (Android).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/54.0.1/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (54.0.1) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=June 29, 2017 |accessdate=July 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/54.0.1/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (54.0.1) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=June 29, 2017 |accessdate=July 1, 2017}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 55}} Version 55 ==== |
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Firefox 55 was released on August 8, 2017 for both desktop and Android. Among the many additions are: the launch of Windows support for [[WebVR]], bringing immersive experiences to the web, options that let users optimize recent performance improvements, simplification of installation process with a streamlined Windows stub installer, improvement of address bar functionality, simplification of printing from Reader Mode (desktop), and the option to accessibility settings to respect the system's set font size when displaying web pages (Android). This is also the last version to support [[Android Ice Cream Sandwich]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/55.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (55.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=August 8, 2017 |accessdate=August 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/55.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (55.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=August 8, 2017 |accessdate=August 8, 2017}}</ref> |
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Firefox 55.0.1 was released on August 10, 2017 for desktop only, just two days after its initial launch, fixing some issues including a regression of the tab restoration process.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/55.0.1/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (55.0.1) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=August 10, 2017 |accessdate=August 11, 2017}}</ref> Firefox 55.0.2 was released on August 16, 2017 for both desktop and Android, fixing some issues including a regression with the pop-up menu, an issue with new installation notification for sideload add-ons (desktop), and a crash with Telemetry (Android).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/55.0.2/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (55.0.2) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=August 16, 2017 |accessdate=August 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/55.0.2/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (55.0.2) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=August 16, 2017 |accessdate=August 17, 2017}}</ref> Firefox 55.0.3 was released on August 25, 2017 for desktop only, fixing file uploads to some websites, including YouTube, and an issue with addons when using a path containing non-[[ASCII]] characters.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/55.0.3/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (55.0.3) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=August 25, 2017 |accessdate=September 6, 2017}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 56}} Version 56 ==== |
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Firefox 56 was released on September 28, 2017 for both desktop and Android. Among the many additions are: a new layout for the "Preferences" page, the launch of Firefox Screenshots, support for address form autofill, hardware acceleration for AES-GCM, update of the Safe Browsing protocol to version 4, and improved security or verifying update downloads (desktop), and improvement of support for WebExtensions, and the end of support for Adobe Flash (Android). Starting with this version, Android support is exclusively for [[Android Jelly Bean]] and above.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/56.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (56.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=September 28, 2017 |accessdate=September 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/56.0/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox for Android — Notes (56.0) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=September 28, 2017 |accessdate=September 28, 2017}}</ref> |
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Firefox 56.0.1 was released on October 9, 2017 for desktop only, blocking D3D11 when using Intel drivers on Windows 7 systems with partial AVX support, and migrating users of 32-bit Firefox on 64-bit Windows to 64-bit Firefox for increased stability and security.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/56.0.1/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (56.0.1) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=October 9, 2017 |accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref> |
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Firefox 56.0.2 was released on October 26, 2017 for desktop only, disabling Form Autofill completely on user request, fixing video-related crashes on Windows 7 and a shutdown crash, and correcting detection for 64-bit GSSAPI authentication.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/56.0.2/releasenotes/ |title=Firefox — Notes (56.0.2) — Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=October 26, 2017 |accessdate=October 30, 2017}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 57}} Version 57 ==== |
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Firefox 57 was released on November 14, 2017 for desktop and Android with the name ''Firefox Quantum''.<ref name="quantum">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/quantum/|title=2x faster and 30% less memory {{!}} Firefox Quantum Browser|website=Mozilla|language=en-US|accessdate=2017-10-09}}</ref> [[ZDNet]] dubbed it a "comeback" following years of falling market share against [[Google Chrome]].<ref name="cnet57">{{cite news | url = https://www.cnet.com/special-reports/mozilla-firefox-fights-back-against-google-chrome/ | title = Inside Mozilla: Firefox fights back | date = 2017-08-04 | accessdate = 2017-10-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.zdnet.com/article/why-you-should-root-for-mozillas-firefox-57-in-the-browser-wars/|title=Why you should root for Mozilla's Firefox 57 in the browser wars {{!}} DNet|last=Dignan|first=Larry|work=ZDNet|date=2017-08-06|accessdate=2017-10-09|language=en}}</ref> |
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The release included a new interface design, codenamed "Photon", and a new rendering engine almost twice as fast as the previous one used.<ref name="quantum" /><ref name="cnet57" /><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.cnet.com/news/mozilla-replacing-swoopy-firefox-tabs-with-rectangular-shape/ | title = Firefox's new rectangular tabs sweep away browser's curvy look | work = CNET | date = 2017-08-03 | accessdate = 2017-10-09 | language = en}}</ref> |
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One of the largest visual changes in Photon was the removal of the search box from the address bar. Firefox 57 no longer supports ''legacy add-ons'' using [[XUL]] technologies.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2017/08/10/upcoming-changes-compatibility/ | title = Upcoming Changes in Compatibility Features | website = Mozilla Add-ons Blog | language = en-US | accessdate = 2017-10-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/57.0/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox — Notes (57.0) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = November 14, 2017 | accessdate = November 14, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/57.0/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox for Android — Notes (57.0) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = November 14, 2017 | accessdate = November 14, 2017}}</ref> That same day, Mozilla announced that Google would be the default search engine in the USA and Canada, a departure from Yahoo, which had been the default search engine in the USA and Canada since 2014.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/14/mozilla-terminates-its-deal-with-yahoo-and-makes-google-the-default-in-firefox-again/ | title = Mozilla terminates its deal with Yahoo and makes Google the default in Firefox again | last = Lardinois | first = Frederic | work = TechCrunch | accessdate = 2017-11-15 |language = en}}</ref> |
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Firefox 57.0.1 was released on November 29, 2017 for desktop and Android. Features include a fix for a video color distortion issue on YouTube and other video sites with some AMD devices, a fix for a Google Maps crash on macOS with Intel HD Graphics 3000, the block of an injection of a client library associated with the RealPlayer Free Player which is known to cause performance problems (desktop), and a fix for a stop button issue (Android).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/57.0.1/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox — Notes (57.0.1) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = November 29, 2017 | accessdate = November 30, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/57.0.1/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox for Android — Notes (57.0.1) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = November 29, 2017 | accessdate = November 30, 2017}}</ref> |
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Firefox 57.0.2 was released on December 7, 2017 for desktop only, blocking old versions of G Data Endpoint Security for crashing Firefox on start up and fixing a regression with WebGL and D3D9 (both Windows only).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/57.0.2/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox — Notes (57.0.2) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = December 7, 2017 | accessdate = December 11, 2017}}</ref> |
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Firefox 57.0.3 was released on December 28, 2017 for desktop only, fixing a crash reporting issue that inadvertently sends background tab crash reports to Mozilla without a user opt-in.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/57.0.3/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox — Notes (57.0.3) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = December 28, 2017 | accessdate = January 1, 2018}}</ref> |
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Firefox 57.0.4 was released on January 4, 2018 for desktop and Android, with security fixes to address the [[Meltdown (security vulnerability)|Meltdown]] and [[Spectre (security vulnerability)|Spectre]] timing attacks.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/57.0.4/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox — Notes (57.0.4) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = January 4, 2018 | accessdate = January 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/57.0.4/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox for Android — Notes (57.0.4) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = January 4, 2018 | accessdate = January 10, 2018}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 58}} Version 58 ==== |
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Firefox 58 was released on January 23, 2018 for desktop and Android. Among the additions were: support for credit card autofill, the drop of support for user profiles in previous versions of Firefox, a warning to alert users and site owners of planned security changes to sites affected by the gradual distrust plan for the Symantec certificate authority (desktop), full screen bookmark management with folder support, support for FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) playback, ability to change the status bar color in themes, and removal of the Firefox Search widget from home screen (Android).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/58.0/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox — Notes (58.0) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = January 23, 2018 | accessdate = January 23, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/58.0/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox for Android — Notes (58.0) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = January 23, 2018 | accessdate = January 23, 2018}}</ref> |
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Firefox 58.0.1 was released on January 29, 2018 for desktop and Android. Among the fixes were a fix for an issue in which Firefox 58.0 would fail to load pages when using certain non-default security policies on Windows (desktop), and a fix for a performance issue whereby some installations were initially slow to load pages (Android).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/58.0.1/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox — Notes (58.0.1) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = January 29, 2018 | accessdate = February 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/58.0.1/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox for Android — Notes (58.0.1) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = January 29, 2018 | accessdate = February 1, 2018}}</ref> |
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Firefox 58.0.2 was released on February 7, 2018 for desktop and Android. Some fixes included one for a tab crash during printing, and one for clicking links and scrolling emails on Microsoft Hotmail and Outlook (OWA) webmail (desktop), and one for an issue in which, if the user cancels a download by exiting the app chooser dialogue without choosing anything, the download continues invisibly in the background (Android).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/58.0.2/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox — Notes (58.0.2) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = February 7, 2018 | accessdate = February 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/58.0.2/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox for Android — Notes (58.0.2) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = February 7, 2018 | accessdate = February 8, 2018}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 59}} Version 59 ==== |
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Firefox 59 was released on March 13, 2018 for desktop and Android. Among the additions were: faster load times and improved graphics, improved Real-Time Communications (RTC) capabilities, additional features for Firefox Screenshots, support for W3C specs for pointer events, and Private Browsing Mode's removal of path information from referrers to prevent cross-site tracking (desktop), and the addition of Firefox as an Assist app, support for HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) playback for improved compatibility with video sites, and removal of the "about:" page.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/59.0/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox — Notes (59.0) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = March 13, 2018 | accessdate = March 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/59.0/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox for Android — Notes (59.0) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = March 13, 2018 | accessdate = March 13, 2018}}</ref> Firefox 59.0.1 was released for desktop and Android on March 16, 2018, just three days after its official release, with various security fixes.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/59.0.1/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox — Notes (59.0.1) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = March 16, 2018 | accessdate = March 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/59.0.1/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox for Android — Notes (59.0.1) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = March 16, 2018 | accessdate = March 17, 2018}}</ref> |
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Firefox 59.0.2 was released for desktop and Android on March 26, 2018. Among the fixes were those for invalid page rendering with hardware acceleration enabled and for high CPU / memory churn caused by third-party software on some computers (desktop), a fix for a top crasher on Firefox for Android, and a fix for URL fragment identifiers that break Service Worker responses (both).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/59.0.2/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox — Notes (59.0.2) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = March 26, 2018 | accessdate = March 31, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/59.0.2/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox for Android — Notes (59.0.2) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = March 26, 2018 | accessdate = March 31, 2018}}</ref> Firefox 59.0.3 was released for desktop only on April 30, 2018, fixing a compatibility issue with the Windows 10 April 2018 update.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/59.0.3/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox — Notes (59.0.3) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = April 30, 2018 | accessdate = May 8, 2018}}</ref> |
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===Version 60–65=== |
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==== {{anchor|Version 60|Firefox 60|Firefox 60 (ESR)}} Version 60 (ESR) ==== |
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Firefox 60 and Firefox 60 ESR were released on May 9, 2018 for desktop (both) and Android (no ESR). |
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Among the many additions were: a policy engine that allows customized Firefox deployments in enterprise environments, using Windows Group Policy or a cross-platform JSON file, enhancements to New Tab / Firefox Home, redesigned Cookies and Site Storage section in Preferences for greater clarity and control of first- and third-party cookies, the application of Quantum CSS to render browser UI, support for Web Authentication API, which allows USB tokens for website authentication, an option for Linux users to show or hide page titles in a bar at the top of the browser, improved WebRTC audio performance and playback for Linux users (desktop), exclusive support for extensions built using the WebExtension API (ESR), the implementation of Quantum CSS (also known as Stylo) in Android for faster page rendering; and the addition of View Page Source option to the Page Action menu (Android).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.0/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox — Notes (60.0) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = May 9, 2018 | accessdate = May 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.0esr/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox — Notes (60.0esr) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = May 9, 2018 | accessdate = May 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/60.0/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox for Android — Notes (60.0) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = May 9, 2018 | accessdate = May 9, 2018}}</ref> |
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Firefox 60.0.1 and Firefox 60.0.1 ESR were released on May 16, 2018 for desktop (both) and Android (no ESR), a week after the browser's official release. Among the many fixes were: fix for the momentum scrolling on non-zoomable pages on touchscreen devices, fix for black map on Google Maps with updated Nvidia Web Drivers on macOS, use for the right default background when opening tabs or windows in high contrast mode, and restoration of translations of the Preferences panels when using a language pack (desktop and ESR).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.0.1/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox — Notes (60.0.1) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = May 16, 2018 | accessdate = June 10, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.0.1esr/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox — Notes (60.0.1esr) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = May 16, 2018 | accessdate = June 10, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/60.0.1/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox for Android — Notes (60.0.1) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = May 16, 2018 | accessdate = June 10, 2018}}</ref> |
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Firefox 60.0.2 and Firefox 60.0.2 ESR were released on June 6, 2018 for desktop (both) and Android (no ESR). Among the fixes were those for the missing nodes in the developer tools Inspector panel and the font rendering when using third-party font managers on OS X 10.11 and earlier (desktop and ESR); and the update to NSS 3.36.4 from 3.36.1.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.0.2/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox — Notes (60.0.2) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = June 6, 2018 | accessdate = June 10, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.0.2esr/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox — Notes (60.0.2esr) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = June 6, 2018 | accessdate = June 10, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/60.0.2/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox for Android — Notes (60.0.2) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = June 6, 2018 | accessdate = June 10, 2018}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 61}} Version 61 ==== |
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Firefox 61 was released on June 26, 2018 for both desktop and Android. Among the many additions were: Improvements for dark theme support across the entire Firefox user interface, added support to allow WebExtensions to hide tabs, improved bookmark syncing, convenient access to more search engines (desktop), improved security and enhanced performances (both), and the fix for a recurring crash on Samsung Galaxy S8 devices running Android Oreo (Android).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox — Notes (61.0) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = June 26, 2018 | accessdate = June 26, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/61.0/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox for Android — Notes (61.0) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = June 26, 2018 | accessdate = June 26, 2018}}</ref> |
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Firefox 61.0.1 was released on July 5, 2018 for desktop only. Among the fixes were those for broken website loading for Chinese users with accessibility enabled, missing content on the New Tab Page and the Home section of the Preferences page, loss of bookmarks under rare circumstances when upgrading from Firefox 60, launching of downloads without a file extension on Windows, and improved playback of Twitch 1080p video streams.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.1/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox — Notes (61.0.1) — Mozilla | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = July 5, 2018 | accessdate = July 10, 2018}}</ref> |
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Firefox 61.0.2 was released on August 8, 2018 for both desktop and Android. It features added support for automatically restoring a Firefox session after Windows restarts and improved website rendering with the Retained Display List feature enabled, as well as fixes for broken DevTools panels with certain extensions installed, a crash for users with some accessibility tools enabled (desktop), and a crash on devices running Android KitKat 4.4 or earlier.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.2/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox 61.0.2, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = August 8, 2018 | accessdate = August 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/61.0.2/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox for Android 61.0.2, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = August 8, 2018 | accessdate = August 17, 2018}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 62}} Version 62 ==== |
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Firefox 62 was released on September 5, 2018 for both desktop and Android. Among the many additions were: FreeBSD support for WebAuthn, a preference that allows users to distrust certificates issued by Symantec in advance of removing all trust for Symantec-issued certificates in Firefox 63, improved graphics rendering for Windows users without accelerated hardware using Parallel-Off-Main-Thread Painting, CSS Variable Fonts (OpenType Font Variations) support, and support for CSS Shapes, allowing for richer web page layouts (desktop), and improved scrolling performance, faster page load times over WiFi connections by loading from the network cache if disk cache is slow, and “Product and feature tips” toggle in Notifications settings (Android).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox 62.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = September 5, 2018 | accessdate = September 5, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/62.0/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox for Android 62.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = September 5, 2018 | accessdate = September 5, 2018}}</ref> |
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Firefox 62.0.1 was released two days later, September 7, 2018, for Android only, fixing a crash when navigating sites with WebGL content.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/62.0.1/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox for Android 62.0.1, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = September 7, 2018 | accessdate = September 26, 2018}}</ref> Firefox 62.0.2 was released on September 21, 2018 for both desktop and Android. Among the many fixes were: fixed for WebGL rendering issues, fallback on startup when a language pack is missing, an issue in which updates from unpacked language packs break the browser, rendering of some web sites, compatibility with some sites using deprecated TLS settings, and screen share on macOS when using multiple monitors, and oversized quick share icons on Android 6.0 and newer.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0.2/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox 62.0.2, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = September 21, 2018 | accessdate = September 26, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/62.0.2/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox for Android 62.0.2, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = September 21, 2018 | accessdate = September 26, 2018}}</ref> Firefox 62.0.3 was released on October 2, 2018 for both desktop and Android, fixing hangs on macOS Mojave (10.14) when various dialog windows (upload, download, print, etc) are activated, and a playback of some encrypted video streams on macOS (desktop).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0.3/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox 62.0.3, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = October 2, 2018 | accessdate = October 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/62.0.3/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox for Android 62.0.3, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = October 2, 2018 | accessdate = October 9, 2018}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 63}} Version 63 ==== |
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Firefox 63 was released on October 23, 2018 for both desktop and Android. Among the many additions and changes were: Performance and visual improvements for Windows and macOS users, content blocking, WebExtensions running in their own process in Linux, recognition of the operating system accessibility setting for reducing animation, the addition of [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] and [[Google]] as Top Sites tiles on the Firefox Home (New Tab) page, the removal of the "Never Check for Updates" option from "about:preferences" and "Open in Sidebars" feature from the Library (desktop), support for Picture-In-Picture video, and use of notification channels (Android).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/63.0/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox 63.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = October 23, 2018 | accessdate = October 23, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/63.0/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox for Android 63.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = October 23, 2018 | accessdate = October 23, 2018}}</ref> |
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Firefox 63.0.1 was released on Halloween 2018 for desktop only, fixing issues where snippets are not loaded due to missing element, print preview always shows 30% scale when it is actually Shrink To Fit, and dialog displayed when closing multiple windows shows unreplaced %1$S placeholder in Japanese and potentially other locales.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/63.0.1/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox 63.0.1, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = October 31, 2018 | accessdate = November 3, 2018}}</ref> |
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Firefox 63.0.2 was released on November 7, 2018 for Android only, fixing issues in which session history popup breaks after one usage, along with the flickering of (some) sticky elements on Twitter and other websites, a hang in Samsung Galaxy devices, and crash fixes.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/63.0.2/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox for Android 63.0.2, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = November 7, 2018 | accessdate = November 21, 2018}}</ref> Firefox 63.0.3 was released on November 15, 2018, over a week later for desktop only, this time fixing some issues such as slow page loading for some users with specific proxy configurations, and games using WebGL (created in Unity) getting stuck after very short time of gameplay.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/63.0.3/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox 63.0.3, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = November 15, 2018 | accessdate = November 21, 2018}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 64}} Version 64 ==== |
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Firefox 64 was released on December 11, 2018 for desktop only. Among the many additions and changes were: better recommendations, enhanced tab management, easier performance management, improved performance for Mac and Linux users, by enabling link time optimization (Clang LTO), more seamless sharing on Windows, the option to remove add-ons using the context menu on their toolbar buttons, TLS certificates issued by Symantec that are no longer trusted by Firefox, and the availability of WebVR on macOS.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/64.0/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox 64.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = December 11, 2018 | accessdate = December 11, 2018}}</ref> Three days later, Firefox 64.0.1 was released for Android only. Among the many additions and changes were: faster and more responsive scrolling and fixes for performance lags for users with installed password manager apps and an issue that resulted in the loading indicator using too much CPU and power.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/64.0.1/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox for Android 64.0.1, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = December 14, 2018 | accessdate = December 22, 2018}}</ref> |
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Firefox 64.0.2 was released on January 9, 2019 for both desktop and Android. Among the many fixes were those for a browser crash on macOS, video stuttering on YouTube, an update for the Japanese translation for missing strings (desktop), and fixes for crashes when Firefox for Android is put in background and when using Web Speech.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/64.0.2/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox 64.0.2, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = January 9, 2019 | accessdate = January 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/64.0.2/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox for Android 64.0.2, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = January 9, 2019 | accessdate = January 14, 2019}}</ref> |
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==== {{anchor|Firefox 65}} Version 65 ==== |
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Firefox 65 was released on January 29, 2019, for both desktop and Android. Among the many additions and changes were: improved performance and web compatibility, with support for the [[WebP]] image format; enhanced security for macOS, Linux, and Android users via stronger stack smashing protection which is now enabled by default for all platforms (both desktop and Android); enhanced tracking protection; updated language settings in Preferences; support for Handoff on macOS; better video streaming experience for Windows users; easier performance management; improved pop-up blocker; the availability of Firefox for Windows with 32- and 64-bit MSI installers for easier enterprise deployments; additional support for Flexbox (desktop); and the restoration of Chromecast controls to the location bar (Android).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/65.0/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox 65.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = January 29, 2019 | accessdate = January 29, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/65.0/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox for Android 65.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = January 29, 2019 | accessdate = January 29, 2019}}</ref> |
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Firefox 65.0.1 was released on February 12, 2019, for both desktop and Android. Among the many fixes were: a fix for accidental requests to <nowiki>addons.mozilla.org</nowiki> when an addon recommendation doorhanger is shown, improved playback of interactive [[Netflix]] videos, a fix for color management not working on macOS, a fix for incorrect sizing of the "Clear Recent History" window in some situations, fixes for video and audio issues during WebRTC calls (desktop), and a fix for looping CONNECT requests when using WebSockets over HTTP/2 from behind a proxy server (both).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/65.0.1/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox 65.0.1, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = February 12, 2019 | accessdate = February 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/65.0.1/releasenotes/ | title = Firefox for Android 65.0.1, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes | publisher = Mozilla.org | date = February 12, 2019 | accessdate = February 21, 2019}}</ref> |
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==Release compatibility== |
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{{Firefox release compatibility}} |
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{{Fennec release compatibility}} |
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{{Firefox contrib release compatibility}} |
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==See also== |
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{{Portal|Free and open-source software}} |
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* [[Firefox version history]] |
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* [[GNU IceCat]] |
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* [[History of free and open-source software]] |
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* [[History of Mozilla Application Suite]] |
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* [[Mozilla Corporation software rebranded by the Debian project]] |
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==References== |
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==Further reading== |
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{{Refbegin}} |
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* [[Brendan Eich|Eich, Brendan]] (2005). [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Global:1.9_Trunk_1.8_Branch_Plan Branch Plan]. In ''Mozilla Wiki''. Retrieved December 21, 2005. |
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==External links== |
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* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/releases/ Mozilla Firefox release notes] for each version |
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* [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Releases/ Mozilla Firefox developer release notes] for each version |
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* [http://www.squarefree.com/burningedge/releases/ unofficial changelogs for Firefox releases], <!-- Indistinguishable from Jesse, --> Jesse Ruderman (last updated in 2008) |
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* [https://www.jwz.org/blog/2016/10/they-live-and-the-secret-history-of-the-mozilla-logo/ history of the Mozilla logo] by [[Jamie Zawinski]] |
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