Firefox 123

Available Firefox 123.

  • Linux:
    • For working with gamepads now evdev is used instead of the legacy API provided by the Linux kernel.
    • Included in the collected telemetry will The name and version of the Linux distribution used is included.
  • Firefox View:
    • A search field has been added to all sections.
    • Removed a strict limit on showing only 25 recently closed tabs.
  • Built-in translator:
    • Built-in translator learned Translate text in tooltips and placeholder text in form elements.
    • Implemented caching of translated text.
    • To speed up the translation will use AVX VNNI instructions (provided they are supported by the processor).
  • Settings block “When using the address bar, offer links from” moved from the “Privacy and Security” section in “Search”.
  • If automatic server selection is enabled in the DNS-over-HTTPS settings, then Firefox will choose server, adapting to the user’s movements (before this, the choice occurred once, and, for example, if the user moved from Canada to Australia, then the Canadian server was still used).
  • Network sharing is now spreading and to the OCSP response cache.
  • macOS:
    • Implemented support for autofill using credentials saved in iCloud.
    • Tooltip style brought to the style of the operating system.
  • Windows: The “Use a background service to install updates” setting has been removed from the settings interface (installing updates in the background is less annoying to users with UAC requests, so almost no one disables this setting). It is still available through fine-tuning management for those who, for some reason, prefer to be distracted by installing updates.
  • HTML: Element got support for the shadowrootmode attribute (allows you to declaratively create a subtree of the shadow DOM). The attribute can take the values ​​open and closed, which respectively make JavaScript visible or hidden in the shadow DOM to external code.
  • According to specification changes dir=auto now can apply to the Hidden, Password, Submit Button, Reset Button and Button input elements, and the attribute dirname - to Password and Submit Button.
  • svg:
    • Elements и now Support the changing color space to linearRGB or sRGB using attribute color-interpolation.
    • Element more does not requireso that the root element must have fixed dimensions. Now, if the dimensions of the root element are set to a percentage, feImage will use the default dimensions (300x150 pixels).
  • HTTP: Activated HTTP code support 103 Early Hints for resources with the rel="preload" attribute, which allows, without waiting for a full server response, to preload the resources that are most likely needed for the website to function. This significantly speeds up loading web pages.
  • FIRE: Web Authentication API now supports the creating cross-origin credentials.
  • Echo cancellation now can apply to audio coming from a microphone when the audio output is redirected to another device using setSinkId().
  • Developer Tools:
    • The “Save Image” menu item in Network Monitor has been renamed to “Save Response As” and can now save not only images.
    • In the debugger tracer returned display names and values ​​of arguments.
    • In the debugger interface now errors related to source code maps are shown (previously they were only displayed in the console).

Source: linux.org.ru

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