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36.0.1
Firefox Release
March 5, 2015
Version 36.0.1, first offered to Release channel users on March 5, 2015
We'd also like to extend a special thank you to all of the new Mozillians who contributed to this release of Firefox!
New
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Pinned tiles on the new tab page can be synced
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Support for the full HTTP/2 protocol. HTTP/2 enables a faster, more scalable, and more responsive web.
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Locale added: Uzbek (uz)
Fixed
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36.0.1 - Hello may become inactive until restart (1137469)
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36.0.1 - Fixed a startup crash with EMET (1137050)
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36.0.1 - WebGL may use significant memory with Canvas2d (1137251)
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36.0.1 - Disable the usage of the ANY DNS query type (1093983)
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36.0.1 - Hello contact tabs may not be visible (1137141)
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36.0.1 - Accept hostnames that include an underscore character ("_") (1136616)
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36.0.1 - Print preferences may not be preserved (1136855)
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36.0.1 - Option -remote has been restored (1080319)
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36.0.1 - Fix a top crash
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CSS gradients work on premultiplied colors
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Various security fixes
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Fix some unexpected logout from Facebook or Google after restart
Changed
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Shut down hangs will now show the crash reporter before exiting the program
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Phasing out Certificates with 1024-bit RSA Keys
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No longer accept insecure RC4 ciphers whenever possible
Developer
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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 -
Inspector: More paste options in markup view
HTML5
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Improved ES6 generators for better performance
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CSS3 will-change property implemented.
Hints the browser of elements that will be modified. The browser will perform some performance optimization for these -
isolation CSS property implemented.
Create a new stacking context to isolate groups of boxes to control which blend together -
object-fit and object-position implemented.
Defines how and where the content of a replaced element is displayed -
CSSOM-View scroll behavior implemented allowing smooth scrolling of content without custom libraries
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unicode-range CSS descriptor implemented
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Support for the ECMAScript 6 Symbol data type added
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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.
