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Features:
- Faster than Safari. Firefox stays speedy when other browsers become sluggish.
- More private than Chrome. Firefox respects your privacy by minimizing suggestive pop-ups.
- Bursting with features. Tabbed browsing, developer tools, extensions more...
What's New
Version 36.0:
New
- Pinned tiles on the new tab page can be synced
- Support for the full HTTP/2 protocol. HTTP/2 enables a faster, more scalable, and more responsive web.
- Locale added: Uzbek (uz)
Changed
- -remote option removed
- No longer accept insecure RC4 ciphers whenever possible
- Phasing out Certificates with 1024-bit RSA more...
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Firefox for Mac offers a fast, safe Web browsing experience.
Browse quickly, securely, and effortlessly. With its industry-leading features, Firefox is the choice of Web development professionals and casual users alike.
The Web, as it's meant to be experienced
Features:
- Faster than Safari. Firefox stays speedy when other browsers become sluggish.
- More private than Chrome. Firefox respects your privacy by minimizing suggestive pop-ups.
- Bursting with features. Tabbed browsing, developer tools, extensions -- Firefox has it all, giving you the power to explore, customize, and create like never before.
Version 36.0:
New
- Pinned tiles on the new tab page can be synced
- Support for the full HTTP/2 protocol. HTTP/2 enables a faster, more scalable, and more responsive web.
- Locale added: Uzbek (uz)
Changed
- -remote option removed
- No longer accept insecure RC4 ciphers whenever possible
- Phasing out Certificates with 1024-bit RSA Keys
- Shut down hangs will now show the crash reporter before exiting the program
- Add-on Compatibility
HTML5
- Support for the ECMAScript 6 Symbol data type added
- unicode-range CSS descriptor implemented
- CSSOM-View scroll behavior implemented allowing smooth scrolling of content without custom libraries
- object-fit and object-position implemented. Defines how and where the content of a replaced element is displayed
- isolation CSS property implemented. Create a new stacking context to isolate groups of boxes to control which blend together
- CSS3 will-change property implemented. Hints the browser of elements that will be modified. The browser will perform some performance optimization for these
- Changed JavaScript 'const' semantics to conform better to the ES6 specification. The const declaration is now block-scoped and requires an initializer. It also can not be redeclared anymore.
- Improved ES6 generators for better performance
Developer
- Eval sources now appear in the Debugger. Debug JavaScript code that is evaluated dynamically, either as a string passed to eval() or as a string passed to the Function constructor
- DOM Promises inspection
- Inspector: More paste options in markup view
Fixed
- CSS gradients work on premultiplied colors
- Fix some unexpected logout from Facebook or Google after restart
- Various security fixes
It's funny that so many people blast the Mozilla team for version 29 of FF but their biggest complaint is that they don't like the UI. So they find extensions or themes to reset the UI back to what it used to be, move tabs back under the URL bar and suddenly they're happy as clams again. FF is probably the most customizable browser out there, folks. You CAN change the UI if you want to! FF isn't even my default browser, but I like it and think that FF 29 is fine. I had to find a couple of extensions to get back things I use, but it's working well for me, just as it did before. People are just so resistant to change. No matter what they do to the UI they can't possibly please everyone.
Why are the tabs on top with no menu option to move them?
I HATE this configuration.
All I can find is this crap statement from Mozzilla:
How do I put tabs back on bottom like they used to be?
In the Location bar, type about:config and press Return.
The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear. Click I'll be careful, I promise! to continue to the about:config page.
In the Search field box at the top, type browser.tabs.onTop.
Double-click the browser.tabs.onTop preference to set its value to false.
(voids warranty? WTF?)
Why was this Change Made?
The main reason is that it just makes more sense. (to who? some mid level idiot who say shit like "STFU: just do it like I say!"?) With tabs underneath, the tab and the controls were grouped together and the page was separate. With tabs on top they are now all grouped together so that each tab has it's own set of controls. (I don't agree, this involves more movement of the mouse which adds to carpal tunnel over time. So, it sucks and Mozilla gives no easy option to reverse this. See: voids waranty)
This is however a personal preference and you can change it back and forth as you like.
(if that's so why not put the option in the "view menu"?)
icon. Plus, keep all your apps updated.
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