Posts Tagged Firefox
Firefox 10 is available
Now the 10th Version of the Firefox browser is available in the final version. The list of changes compared to the previous version can be quite impressive. Although the release of Firefox 9 was only a few weeks ago, in this short time Mozilla worked hard on the new Firefox 10. As has been written here at Foxload in October of last year, Mozilla has made changes in compatibility testing of add-ons. In the new version old add-ons are compatible by default and can be reused.
Apart from this important change, there were other adjustments. In future the forward button will not appear until the back button has been pressed. Also on the technical site, a lot has changed. Thus, for WebGL finally implemented the anti-aliasing, which should give browser-based applications an even higher graphic experience. Also the CSS3 property "3D Transforms" is now supported. With the "Full Screen API" developers can now build web applications that can be displayed in full screen mode.
However, there are still some unsolved problems. Thus, the new two-digit version number cause problems on a small number of websites. Likewise, Firefox will crash when you try to run the browser with a locked profile. However, the problems for most users are negligibly small. To enjoy the new Firefox 10, here is the download to start.
Type Inference: More JavaScript speed in Firefox 9
Shortly before Christmas, on 20. December, the final version of Firefox 9 is coming. At the moment the successor of Firefox Release 8 is still in beta phase. However, the few changes in Firefox 9 are worth mentioning. Because the project type inference (TI), an improvement in the JavaScript engine SpiderMonkey, was integrated. This is the preliminary analysis of JavaScript code, which that the performance can be significantly increased. According to the blog post of Firefox developer Brian Hackett it is an improvement over the common Kraken and V8 benchmarks at about 30%.
Preview of Firefox 8
In early November the 8th major release of Firefox will appear. Really "major" changes are not included, but i will give an outlook on the changes that will probably be included in Firefox 8. First you need to know that the jump from version 4 to 8 was smaller than from 3.6 to 4. The need to always install the latest release, is not mandatory. Especially in recent times Firefox had problems with old add-ons. Surfing with Firefox 4 and 5 can have many supposedly "outdated" add-ons continue to use. But now the preview of Firefox 8th.
Improvements in Firefox 7
While the changes were minimal in the previous release and minor for end users, Firefox 7 will include some important changes. One of the major improvements is to affect the performance of Firefox and reduce the memory footprint of the browser significantly. In this optimized memory management of Firefox 7 the memory footprint of the browser should be reduced compared to earlier versions by up to 50 percent. This should also stabilize the browser to prevent dropouts that occurred sporadically in the past, when the system was overloaded.
That’s new in Mozilla Firefox 6
In August the new version 6 of Mozilla Firefox will be released. In the current beta version you can already make a picture of what's new. First of all: For the average user, this update is not really worth to be done, because in comparison with earlier beta versions of Firefox, the changes are minimal. In the short time between new releases, this is not surprising. For the upcoming months even more sequels are planned. First, however, the focus remains on the upcoming release of Firefox 6.
Mozilla annoys Firefox users by the new release policy
Mozilla has introduced a new release policy with the release of Firefox 4. New major releases should be deployed faster in the future and so Firefox 5 is already available a few weeks after the release of the new Firefox 4. But not only the end users have their problems, also companies complain about the arrogant policies of Mozilla. But even Mozilla wants to know anything, they still believe that a user finds it great when he "should" upgrade his browser every 6 weeks with a complete new version.
Preview of Firefox 5
The last major release of Firefox is only a few weeks old and it is already time to take a look at the upcoming version of Firefox. Mozilla wants to launch new releases in shorter time intervals. On the end of June there shall be already Firefox 5. In the current release there is no greater development, there will be only security updates and fixes for stability problems. The main new features in Firefox will follow in version 5.
But we should not expect too large jumps. To the end of June there are only 2 months left and in the current Aurora trial, only a few changes are mentioned. Optically there has almost nothing changed. There have been some performance improvements. In the internet were already some mock-ups to the fitted surface of Firefox 5, but it is still not implemented.
Firefox 4: What’s new?
The new major release Firefox 4 is now available since a few days in the final version. But what's new in the Firefox Browser of the 4th Generation? First, it could be said that there are both visual and technical improvements. Let's start with the visual changes. New here is the arrangement of the tabs, menu bar, address bar and buttons.
The tabs are moved up and are now fitted over the address bar. This will have the advantage that the mouse movements to be shorter. Also, the App tab has been migrated from an add-on to default browser functionality. Using the context menu of a tab, there is a "Pin as App-Tab" function.
Changes in Firefox 3.6.13
In the current Firefox version 3.6.13 there are several changes that improve both the stability and the security of the browser. In total there were 11 security-related updates.
- Incomplete fix for CVE-2010-0179
- Integer overflow vulnerability in NewIdArray
- Use-after-free error with nsDOMAttribute MutationObserver
- Java security bypass from LiveConnect loaded via data: URL meta refresh
- Add support for OTS font sanitizer
- Crash and remote code execution using HTML tags inside a XUL tree
- Chrome privilege escalation with window.open and ISINDEX element
- Buffer overflow while line breaking after document.write with long string
- Miscellaneous memory safety hazards
- Location bar SSL spoofing using network error page
- XSS hazard in multiple character encodings
Firefox 3.6.12 fixes a critical security issue
After the release of Firefox 3.6.11 Mozilla has presented the next version of the successful web browser. More or less pleasant, of course, are the reasons that led to a new update. Morten Kråkvik has found a vulnerability in Firefox, with that he could provoke a heap buffer overflow. This makes it theoretically possible that an attacker could execute malicious code on the computer.
The vulnerability can be achieved by the use of Javascript functions document.write exploit with DOM. This problem affect the versions Firefox 3.6 and 5.3, also Thunderbird and SeaMonkey are affected. It is gratifying, however, that Mozilla has reacted quickly and has now fixed the vulnerability. With the new version Firefox 3.6.12, surfing through the internet is safe again.
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