Thursday, June 13, 2013

Firefox 21.0 / 22.0b5 Beta / 23.0a2 Aurora / 24.0a1 Nightly

The browser provides virus, popup and spyware protection in a simple, easy to use tabbed interfac.
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License: Mozilla Public License / Free
Size: 20.4 MB
OS: Windows 2K / XP / 2003 / Vista / 7 / 7 64 bit / 8 / 8 64 bit

Here are some key features of "Firefox":
· Comprehensive popup controls to keep unwanted advertising off your desktop;
· A tab browsing mode that lets you open several pages in a single window, allowing you to load links in the background without leaving the page you're on;
· Integrated search (powered by Google);
· Industry leading accessibility with Find As You Type - find links and page text by simply typing;
· Simplified privacy controls that let you cover your tracks more effectively;
· A streamlined browser window that lets you see more of the page than any other browser while at the same time being more configurable;
· A large variety of free downloadable extensions and themes that add specific functionality and visual changes to the browser.


Requirements:
· Pentium 4 or newer processor that supports SSE2
· 512MB of RAM
· 200MB of hard drive space


What's New in This Release:

New:
· Windows: Firefox now follows display scaling options to render text larger on high-res displays
· WebRTC is now enabled by default!
· HTML5 audio/video playback rate can now be Changed
· Social services management implemented in Add-ons Manager
· asm.js optimizations (OdinMonkey) enabled for major performance improvements

Changed:
· Improved WebGL rendering performance through asynchronous canvas updates
· Plain text files displayed within Firefox will now word-wrap
· For user security, the |Components| object is no longer accessible from web content
· Improved memory usage and display time when rendering images
· Pointer Lock API can now be used outside of fullscreen

Developer:
· CSS3 Flexbox implemented and enabled by default
· New Web Notifications API implemented
· Added clipboardData API for JavaScript access to a user's clipboard
· New built-in font inspector

HTML5:
· New HTML5 and elements

Fixed:
· Scrolling using some high-resolution-scroll aware touchpads feels slow

DOWNLOAD LOCATIONS
for Firefox 21.0 / 22.0b5 Beta / 23.0a2 Aurora / 24.0a1 Nightly: