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This version is now obsolete. For your own safety and security, please install an updated version.

Known Issues

Add-ons
Add-ons installed under previous versions of Firefox may be incompatible with Gran Paradiso Alpha 1.

See the Release Notes for other known issues

Changes in this Development Milestone

Gecko 1.9 Alpha 1 introduces several new features which can be tested by using Gran Paradiso Alpha 1:

  • Cairo is now being used as the default graphics library, affecting all graphic and text rendering
  • Cocoa Widgets are now used in OS X builds
  • An updated threading model
  • Changes to how DOM events are dispatched (see bug 234455)
  • Changes to how <object> elements are loaded (see bug 1156)
  • Changes to how web pages are painted
  • New SVG elements and filters, and improved SVG specification compliance

Some of the changes in Gecko 1.9 Alpha 1 will affect the web and platform compatibiltity of Gran Paradiso Alpha 1:

  • Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME are no longer supported platforms
  • OS X 10.2 is no longer supported, and OS X 10.3.9 or better is recommended
  • Moving DOM nodes between documents now requires a call to importNode or adoptNode as per the DOM specification.

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