Firefox 19 Release
Firefox for desktops is now available for download. What's new in this version:
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All changes in Firefox 19 for developers
- Turning on the built-in PDF document viewer by default - PDF.js
Once again I remind you that the viewer supports scaling and navigation functions for page thumbnails, provides loading of TrueType and Type 1 fonts, can generate graphs and charts, supports working with compressed objects; - Also, with this version, by default, a new image scaling algorithm is included - “thumbnails should look much better ”;
- And again , work was done to optimize the acceleration of browser startup;
- Firefox will offer to reset the search settings via the address bar ("Awesome bar") to the default settings if they were changed by third-party software or through about: config;
- Added support for CSS @page "at-rule";
- Added support for units in the CSS property of viewport-percentage : vh, vw, vmin and vmax;
- The CSS property text-transform now supports full-width ;
- Added support for page-break-inside :
- Canvas elements can now export their content as an image blob using canvas.toBlob () ;
- The debugger has added support for pausing during execution and the ability to hide non-enumerable properties;
- Added Browser Debugger for add-on and browser developers.
The function is experimental, to include it in about: config, you need to find the devtools.chrome.enabled parameter and switch it to true ; - Added remote web console to connect to Firefox on Android or Firefox OS.
The function is experimental, to include it in about: config, you need to find the devtools.debugger.remote-enabled parameter and switch it to true ; - CSS links in the Web console can now be opened in the Style Editor;
- Fixed an issue where starting Firefox with the -private flag incorrectly informs the user that he is not in "Private mode"
References
Russian versions:
Windows
Mac OS X
Linux
English versions:
Windows
Mac OS X
Linux
All changes in Firefox 19 for developers