Firefox for Android Aurora
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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Support for Android Presentation API for screen casting
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Added protection against unwanted software downloads
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Long press on back/forward navigation buttons in app menu to bring up history list
Changed
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JPEG images use less memory when scaled and can be painted faster
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Support for running animations of 'transform' and 'opacity' on the compositor thread
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Sub-resources can no longer request HTTP authentication, thus protecting users from inadvertently disclosing login data
Developer
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Removed support for binary XPCOM components in extensions, use addon SDK "system/child_process" pipe mechanism for native binaries instead
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Open links from Android applications in the same tab via EXTRA_APPLICATION_ID
Web Platform
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IndexedDB transactions are now non-durable by default
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Implemented AudioBufferSourceNode.detune to modulate playback rate in cents, a logarithmic unit of measure used for
musical intervals