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Firefox 35: Find Out What Is New


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Firefox 35 is the latest version of the web browser that is made available to all Stable channel users as of January 13, 2015.

 

All other Firefox channels, that is Beta, Aurora, Nightly and Extended Support Release, are also updated to the next major version which in this case means Beta 36, Aurora 37, Nightly 38 and ESR 31.4.

 

You can find out which version and channel you are running by typing about:support in the browser's address bar and hitting enter.

 

The page that opens up displays the information under Application Basics.

 

Firefox 35 Download

 

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The official release date of Firefox 35 is January 13, 2015. Firefox releases are always pushed to the official Mozilla ftp server before the official release data and distributed to mirror sites around the globe to ensure that the update runs flawlessly for all users of the browser.

 

While it may be tempting to download that version, last minute changes may require that another build gets released as the final version. It is therefore best to wait until the release is announced officially by Mozilla.

 

Most Firefox users will receive the update via the browser's built-in update module. Users who prefer to download it instead can do so on the official Mozilla website.

 

 

Firefox 35 Changes

 

Firefox 35 ships with new and improved features. While that is the case, it appears to be a minor release feature-wise both on the desktop as well as on mobile.

 

Firefox Hello with room functionality

 

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Rooms extend the functionality of Firefox Hello, the real-time video and audio chat module of Firefox that Mozilla introduced in Firefox 34.

 

It works similar to chat rooms that persist even if the initiator of a connection closes Firefox or the Hello module.

 

Rooms are limited and not comparable to IRC chat and other chat rooms where dozens or even hundreds of users communication with each other.

 

From initial tests, it looks as if rooms are limited to 2 participants.

 

Additional information about Firefox Hello are available on Mozilla Support.

 

 

HTTP Public Key Pinning Extension implemented

 

Public Key Pinning was introduced in Firefox 32 on the desktop and in Firefox 34 for Android. The security feature links specific domains and services to Certificate Authorities (CAs) so that they are used instead of authorities that are not mentioned.

 

The Public Key Pinning Extension provides site owners to do the same on their end. It allows them to list acceptable Certificate Authorities that browsers should use during connection to reduce the impact of compromised Certificate Authorities.

 

Public Key Pinning Extension requires an initial connection to the site in order to get the pinset from it which it wants the browser to use in future connections.

 

 

Other Changes

  • Built-in support for H264 (MP4) on Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) and newer through native APIs
  • Tools menu links to Firefox Marketplace, icon also added.
  • New Search UI enabled for more locales.
  • Tile rendering on Os X.
  • Improved handling of dynamic styling changes to increase responsiveness.
  • Plugin Finder service has been shut down [bug 836415]
  • Improved high quality image resizing performance

Side Note:  It is possible to change the order of search engines now. You need to open the Search Options for that and use drag and drop operations to reorder the search engines. Check out this guide if you want to restore the old search interface in Firefox.

 

 

Developer Changes

 

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  • Support for CSS Source Maps enabled by default. Allows you to edit preprocessor files like Sass, Less or Stylus in Firefox instead of CSS generated from those files.
  • CSS Filters enabled by default.
  • WebSocket available in Workers.
  • Support for inspecting ::before and ::after pseudo elements. (more info)
  • Network Monitor: New request/response headers view. (more info)
  • Added support for the EXT_blend_minmax WebGL extension.
  • CSS Font Loading API support. [bug 1028497]
  • Resource Timing API implemented. [bug 1002855]
  • The network.websocket.enabled preference has been removed.

 

Firefox 35 for Android

 

If you are using Firefox for Android you will notice that the browser requests permissions to access Wi-Fi connection information which it did not require before.

 

The permissions are used to improve the browser's location-based service according to Mozilla.

  • Bing Search uses HTTPS now.
  • Geolocation service sharing Wi-Fi and cellular signals now with Mozilla if enabled by the user.
  • Android Download Manager is used to keep track of downloaded files.
  • Network error pages show search dialog now.
  • HTTP Public Key Pinning Extension support.
  • Files downloaded in private browsing mode are not listed in the download manager.

 

Security updates / fixes

 

 MSFA-2015-09  Privileged access to security wrapped protected objects

 MSFA-2015-08  Apple CoreGraphics framework on OS X 10.10 logging input data to /tmp directory

 MSFA-2015-07  Bad casting from the BasicThebesLayer to BasicContainerLayer

 MSFA-2015-06  Buffer overflow while parsing media content

 MSFA-2015-05  Use-after-free during HTML5 parsing

 MSFA-2015-04  CSP leaks redirect data via violation reports

 MSFA-2015-03  XMLHttpRequest crashes with some input streams

 MSFA-2015-02  XBL bindings accessible via improper CSS declarations

 MSFA-2015-01  Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:34.0 / rv:31.3)

 

 Fixed  Show DOM Properties context menu item in inspector

 Fixed  Reduced resource usage for scaled images

 Fixed  PDF.js updated to version 1.0.907

 Fixed  Non-HTTP(S) XHR now returns correct status code

 

 

Additional information / sources

 

 

Source: ghacks.net

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Still put love to Firefox more than Chrome, esspecially on mobile device.

Firefox perform much better, while chrome in Android need a lots of RAM to run perfectly, nice update!

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