Firefox 20 Released!

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What’s New

FIXED
20.0: Security fixes can be found here
NEW
Per-window Private Browsing. Learn more.
NEW
New download experience. Learn more.
NEW
Ability to close hanging plugins, without the browser hanging
CHANGED
Continued performance improvements around common browser tasks (page loads, downloads, shutdown, etc.)
DEVELOPER
Continued implementation of draft ECMAScript 6 - clear() and Math.imul
DEVELOPER
New JavaScript Profiler tool
HTML5
getUserMedia implemented for web access to the user's camera and microphone (with user permission)
HTML5
<canvas> now supports blend modes
HTML5
Various <audio> and <video> improvements
FIXED
Details button on Crash Reporter (793972)
FIXED
Unity plugin doesn't display in HiDPI mode (829284)


All languages here http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/ or can update via FF browser.


Release Notes link http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/20.0/releasenotes/
 
Most people don't want to watch their downloads come in and the creation of a separate window for them was really a pass down from IE that wasn't needed. Basically 1 click downloads without the clutter

Download Status bar used to be one of firefoxes most used extensions. One can only assume they avoided that chrome style system to save screen space.

Regardless, firefoxes primary strength has always been the ability to find or create an extension to fix any minor irritation a user may have :)
 
it's starting to feel like there's a new version of firefox on a monthly basis these days, couldnt they just stick with calling them 4.5.2 etc until there's actually something worth creating a whole new version for.
 
it's starting to feel like there's a new version of firefox on a monthly basis these days, couldnt they just stick with calling them 4.5.2 etc until there's actually something worth creating a whole new version for.

It's every six weeks. Thank Chrome for this release schedule.
 
The new download toast thing is nice, the download window itself though is not nice, the gap between downloads is too large, needs compacting.
 
Something that concerns me about this new version is that I've just opened the new Download Manager, and it's now showing me my full download history from the last 6+ months. It shouldn't even have that information saved; for as long as I've been using Firefox I've always had the option "remember my download history" (or whatever it was called) unticked. Where the hell has this information suddenly appeared from?

Not impressed at all. Suddenly makes me wonder what other settings don't actually make a damn bit of difference.
 
Meh, real men use the Aurora update channel. :p

I've been using it for quite some time now, for me it's been rock solid so far, despite being classified as in between Beta and Nightly.
 
Well i dont get this and im not sure if its an old Aprils fools joke but what is this unique download experience?

I just installed it in 20 seconds imported my chrome settings and thats it...

Ill give it another try 20 sounds like a decent number to use... Just open it doesn't lag out Full screen operations liek gaming.. It always seemed to on my PC for some reason.
 
Well i dont get this and im not sure if its an old Aprils fools joke but what is this unique download experience?

I just installed it in 20 seconds imported my chrome settings and thats it...

Ill give it another try 20 sounds like a decent number to use... Just open it doesn't lag out Full screen operations liek gaming.. It always seemed to on my PC for some reason.

Downloads are no longer in a separate window - they are in a tab now.
 
it's starting to feel like there's a new version of firefox on a monthly basis these days, couldnt they just stick with calling them 4.5.2 etc until there's actually something worth creating a whole new version for.

Aye, wondered that, seemed that I moved to 19 and then 19.0.2 about a week ago
 
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