Firefox 156 has been released, along with updates to previous long-term support branches—153.3.0, 140.16.0, and 115.41.0. As part of the new two-week release cycle, Firefox 157 has entered beta testing, with a release scheduled for September 29.
Key new features in Firefox 156 (1, 2, 3):
- Built-in PDF viewer launch speed has been increased by 45%.
- Reduced memory consumption and CPU load when displaying large JPEG images scaled to fit on a page.
- On the platform Windows With ARM64-based processors, WebRTC-based video calls utilize hardware-accelerated decoding of H264 streams.
- On the platform macOS Added the ability to automatically open the browser after the computer boots.
- The text-box-trim CSS property, which determines the trim area of the padding around text, now calculates the trim size based on the metrics of the font used to render the first line of text styled using the "::first-line" pseudo-element.
- In the platform version Android built-in added VPN With 50 GB of monthly traffic (activated for some users). The ability to change the position of videos or music playing in the browser directly from the notification area has been added. Platform-provided data is used. Android a share menu with additional options such as sending a tab to another device and scanning a QR code.
In addition to new features and bug fixes, Firefox 156 addresses 74 vulnerabilities, most of which are caused by memory management issues such as buffer overflows and accessing memory after it's been freed. These issues could potentially lead to malicious code execution when opening specially crafted pages.
Firefox beta 157 is notable for its significant redesign of the user interface.
Source: opennet.ru
