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Firefox Aurora Notes (First offered to Aurora channel users on November 11th, 2011)

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What’s New

  • NEW
    Anti-Aliasing for WebGL is now implemented (see bug 615976)
  • NEW
    We've added IndexedDB APIs to more closely match the specification
  • NEW
    Accelerated layers are now supported via OpenGL ES
  • CHANGED
    It's now even easier to set up Firefox Sync - see the "Set up Sync" link on the home tab
  • HTML5
    New <bdi> element for bi-directional text isolation, along with supporting CSS properties (see bugs 613149 and 662288)
  • FIXED
    For some users, visiting Google+ will cause the back and forward buttons to no longer work (see 670318)
  • FIXED
    Asus Transformer keyboard deletes two characters (see 662219)
  • FIXED
    Asus Transformer hardware keyboard is always en-us (see 669361)
  • FIXED
    The Swiftkey X input method can cause some character duplication issues when using "backspace" (see 672661)

Known Issues

  • Unresolved
    For some users HTML5 video may load slowly and display rendering artifacts on the screen during playback (see 622839)
  • Unresolved
    Reloading a page increases the zoom level (see 628269)
  • Unresolved
    Unable to zoom in/out a webpage on header/footer when a double tap gesture is made (see 639504)
  • Unresolved
    Searches from the URL bar do not function reliably for some locales (see 645970)
  • Unresolved
    Sync Now button is active even if the Sync is in progress (see 656594)
  • Unresolved
    Blinking characters in form fields (see 665374)
  • Unresolved
    Some recent changes in the Google layout and CSS may cause issues in non-webkit browsers like Firefox (see 668288)
  • Unresolved
    There is an extremely rare case where the browser may become unable to load web pages or close tabs (see 676780)
  • Unresolved
    Adobe Flash and other plugins are not supported. Currently, enabling the Flash plugin results in a compromised user experience across Firefox for mobile (see 687265)