Firefox, a free browser based on the Quantum engine, developed and distributed by Mozilla Corporation, is the fourth most popular browser in the world, Wine has been updated as well. This application has reached version 4.14 and received a number of optimizations, mainly related to DLL libraries. Bug reports related to the operation of games and applications such as World War Z, AviUtl, Touhou 14-17, Eleusis, Rak24u, Omni-NFS 4.13, The Sims 1, Star Control Origins, Process Hacker, Star Citizen, and Adobe Digital Editions 2 have also been addressed. up to version 122.
What's new:
- Linux:
- VA-API support enabled for all architectures (previously it was only enabled for x86 and ARM).
- Deb packages for Ubuntu, Debian, and Linux Mint have been offered. Search engine suggestions
- contain now images and descriptions (browser.urlbar.richSuggestions.featureGate). Users searching for web development information in the address bar will be offered links to articles from
- MDN import passwords from .csv and .tsv files..
- Password Manager can now Fixed issues when using
- the built-in translator : the translated content no longer disappears, and the functioning of interactive widgets is not disrupted.the 'Content Decoding Modules Information' section.
- On the about:support page implemented In private browsing mode,
- the Cache API enabled disabling the tracker blocking (its absence caused noticeable inconvenience to users). The output of filters using currentColor as an input parameter
- can no longer be read from canvas, as this way information about link colors could be obtained, revealing visited links. support for Uneven Level Protection Forward Error Correction (
- WebRTC: enabled ULPFEC), which allows for the recovery of lost packets.The number of simultaneous DNS requests
- increased from 8 to 64. Increased Line breaks are now done in full compliance with the Unicode standard. Additionally, Firefox now correctly highlights words when double-clicking text in Chinese, Japanese, Burmese, Lao, Khmer, and Thai.
- From the settings interface,
- the option 'Add a search bar to the toolbar.' The search bar can still be added to the toolbar by dragging it in customization mode. removed the ability to create and use
- macOS: a new feature has emerged passkeys , saved in the iCloud Keychain.autofill
- Windows: within disabling the tracker blocking using credentials saved in Windows Hello. HTML: the elements
- HTML: elements can contain separators now use the same name for (for better readability of large lists). <hr> In accordance with the specification, the backup URL parser for unknown schemes
- is now DefaultURI. offset-position
- CSS:
- Enabled support for the property (defines the initial position of the element on the path). support for various methods of specifying
- Enabled offset-path offset-path: <basic-shape>, url() and support for the function.
- Enabled ray() (allows specifying as a line segment starting from offset-path as a line segment that starts with (defines the initial position of the element on the path). and continues in the direction of the specified angle.
- Enabled feature support xywh and rect.
- JavaScript: a new feature has emerged ability to use methods ArrayBuffer.prototype.transfer() and ArrayBuffer.prototype.transferToFixedLength() for transferring the rights of the memory owner between different ArrayBuffer.
- SVG:
- If the user refreshes the page in private browsing mode, Firefox will interpret this as a problem and suggest support for attribute animation viewBox using SMIL.
- To prevent XSS attacks disabled support for data: type links in elements, as well as through the SVGUseElement.
- If the user refreshes the page in private browsing mode, Firefox will interpret this as a problem and suggest disabling the tracker blocking LargestContentfulPaint API (provides information about the rendering time of the largest image or text before the user interacts with the webpage.
- Notification implemented the method HTMLSelectElement.showPicker().
- Developer tools:
- The profiler tab now opens following the current tab.
- Added the tracer command, allowing you to control tracing without opening the debugger.
- When editing a selector, name, or property value in the rules inspector, the Enter key no longer shifts focus to the next input field; instead, it confirms input and sets focus on the relevant element (to confirm input and subsequently shift focus, use Ctrl+Enter or Tab.
Source: linux.org.ru
