Firefox for Android Beta
Release Notes
Release Notes tell you what’s new in Firefox. As always, we welcome your feedback. You can also file a bug in Bugzilla or see the system requirements of this release.
New
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Click-to-play blocklisting implemented to prevent vulnerable plugin versions from running without the user's permission (see blog post)
Fixed
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17.0.1: Font rendering issue in Firefox 17.0 (bug 814101)
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17.0.1: Reverted user agent change causing some website incompatibilities
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17.0.1: Leaving Private Browsing with Social API enabled should reset social components
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Page scrolling on sites with fixed headers
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Over twenty performance improvements, including fixes around the New Tab page
Changed
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Updated Awesome Bar experience with larger icons
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Mac OS X 10.5 is no longer supported
Developer
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New Markup panel in the Page Inspector allows easy editing of the DOM
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Improvements that make the Web Console, Debugger and Developer Toolbar faster and easier to use
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JavaScript Maps and Sets are now iterable
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SVG FillPaint and StrokePaint implemented
Web Platform
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Sandbox attribute for iframes implemented, enabling increased security
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If you try to start Firefox using a locked profile, it will crash (see 573369)