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Firefox Notes (First offered to release channel users on February 7, 2013)

Check out "What’s New" and "Known Issues" for this version of Firefox for mobile below. As always, you’re encouraged to tell us what you think, or file a bug in Bugzilla.

If interested, please see the complete list of changes in this release.

What’s New

  • FIXED
    18.0.2: Fix JavaScript related stability issues
  • FIXED
    18.0.2: Fix startup instability, when upgrading from Firefox 16 or earlier
  • NEW
    Faster JavaScript performance via IonMonkey compiler
  • NEW
    Safe Browsing enabled
  • NEW
    Integration with Google Now search widget
  • CHANGED
    Support for loading new fonts delivered with Firefox
  • DEVELOPER
    Support for new DOM property window.devicePixelRatio
  • FIXED
    Disable insecure content loading on HTTPS pages through an about:config pref (62178)
  • FIXED
    Opt-in for search suggestions when entering text into the Awesome Bar (586885)
  • FIXED
    Android 4.2: TalkBack announces that a page finished loading only after one touches the display (812480)

Known Issues

  • Unresolved
    Certain valid WebGL drawing operations are incorrectly rejected, leaving incomplete rendering in affected pages (see 825205)
  • Unresolved
    Some recent changes in the Google layout and CSS may cause issues in non-webkit browsers like Firefox (see 668288)
  • Unresolved
    Firefox for Android uses the same locale as your system language settings (see 695565)
  • Unresolved
    Font inflation my sometimes render inconsistent font sizes on certain pages (see 707195)
  • Unresolved
    Changing the device orientation may sometimes yield unexpected behavior (see 740691)
  • Unresolved
    Firefox Sync will not behave as expected if multiple Firefox channels are installed on a single device (see 761206)
  • Unresolved
    Holding backspace may delete text both in front of and behind the cursor (see 770291)
    Unresolved on v14 Resolved in v19