Available Release of Firefox 71.
Key Changes:
- The Lockwise password manager can now suggest autofill for passwords saved for the main domain on subdomains.
- Password compromise alerts can now be read by screen readers.
- A native MP3 decoder is now used across all major platforms (Linux, macOS, Windows).
- The possibility to work in has been implemented. kiosk mode.
- The about:config service page has been rewritten from XUL to standard web technologies HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript, and has been adapted (buttons are used instead of context menus) for touchscreens. Since it's a regular web page, standard page search can be used, and multiple lines can be copied at once. Sorting settings by 'modified/unmodified' is no longer supported; they are now forcibly sorted by name.
- The certificate viewing implementation has also been rewritten. Instead of a separate window, a new tab is now used. and displays significantly more information, as well as simplifies copying it. At the build stage, the option to disable access to about:config has been added. This will be useful for mobile browser developers, as careless changes can easily lead to the browser being inoperable, and since superuser rights are needed to fix the configuration file, the only solution left will be to clear all data and delete the profile.
- Windows created by extensions now contain the name of the extension in the header instead of the identifier moz-extension://.
- Localizations added:
- Valencian dialect of Catalan (ca-valencia), Tagalog (tl) and Triké language (trs). grid-template-columns
- grid-template-rows and now have support for from the specification subgrid support for path(). CSS Grid Level 2.
- Support added column-span.
- window.name clip-path acquired A new method has appeared,
- which allows waiting for each promise in a set to be resolved or rejected. Promise.allSettled()The DOM MathML tree and the
- Additional API have been partially implemented, (previously only the class.
- which allows a web page to inform the operating system about the metadata of the playable file (such as the performer, album, track title, and album cover). In turn, the operating system can display this information, for example, on the lock screen, as well as show playback controls (pause, stop). Media SessionSupport for deprecated MathML properties has been discontinued.
- Support for deprecated MathML properties has been discontinued.,
- Console: multi-line mode support implemented multi-line mode.
- JavaScript debugger: enabled variable preview, available event registration and the ability to filtering by event type.
- Network monitor: enabled web socket inspector, implemented full-text search across request/response bodies, headers, cookies, and the ability to block the loading of certain URLs through specifying patterns.
- All code related to WebIDE.
- Windows: picture-in-picture mode support for videos enabled . When the button is pressed (appears when the cursor hovers over the video; it can be disabled by changing the setting media.videocontrols.picture-in-picture.video-toggle.enabled — in this case, PiP control is done through the player menu), the player moves to the corner of the screen and displays over other running applications. PiP can be enabled on Linux and macOS using the setting media.videocontrols.picture-in-picture.enabled.. When you click the button (which appears when hovering over the video and can be disabled by changing the setting media.videocontrols.picture-in-picture.video-toggle.enabled — in this case, PiP control is done through the player menu), the player moves to the corner of the screen and displays over other running applications. You can enable PiP on Linux and macOS using the setting media.videocontrols.picture-in-picture.enabled.
Source: linux.org.ru
