Firefox 18 now available

Posted on Tuesday, January 08 2013 @ 12:39 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

Firefox users can now upgrade to version 18 by downloading it via Mozilla's FTP server. A changelog isn't available yet as the official launch of Firefox 18 will follow later this week, but this beta release changelog should serve as a good guideline for what to expect in the latest Firefox edition:

NEW: Support for Retina Display on OS X 10.7 and up.
NEW: Preliminary support for WebRTC.
CHANGED: Experience better image quality with our new HTML scaling algorithm.
CHANGED: Performance improvements around tab switching.
DEVELOPER: CSS3 Flexbox implemented.
DEVELOPER: Support for new DOM property window.devicePixelRatio.
DEVELOPER: Support for @supports added.
DEVELOPER: Improvement in startup time through smart handling of signed extension certificates.
HTML5: Support for W3C touch events impemented, taking the place of MozTouch events.
FIXED: Disable insecure content loading on HTTPS pages (62178).
FIXED: Improved responsiveness for users on proxies (769764).

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Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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