v34.0 [Sep 4, 2014]
What’s New
New
Easily switch themes/personas directly in the Customizing mode
New
Improved "Firefox is already running" dialog with an option to recover from a locked Firefox process
HTML5
CSS3 Font variants and features control (e.g. kerning) implemented
HTML5
Support for the ECMAScript 6 Symbol data type added
HTML5
matches() DOM API implemented (formerly mozMatchesSelector())
HTML5
Performance.now() for workers implemented
HTML5
ECMAScript 6 WeakSet Implemented
HTML5
WebCrypto: ECDH support
HTML5
JavaScript Template Strings Implemented
Developer
Highlight all nodes that match a given selector in the Style Editor and the Inspector's Rules panel
Developer
Improved User Interface of the Profiler
Developer
WebIDE: Create, edit, and test a new Web application from your browser
v30.0 [Mar 19, 2014]
What’s New
NEW
Support for GStreamer 1.0
NEW
Mac OS X command-E sets find term to selected text
CHANGED
Disallow calling WebIDL constructors as functions on the web
DEVELOPER
Fixes to box-shadow and other visual overflow (see bug 480888)
DEVELOPER
Mute and volume available per window when using WebAudio
DEVELOPER
background-blend-mode enabled by default
DEVELOPER
Use of line-height allowed for
DEVELOPER
ES6 array and generator comprehensions implemented (read docs for more details)
DEVELOPER
Error stack now contains column number
FIXED
CSS Property 'line-height' has no effects on input text fields (see 349259)
FIXED
Ignore autocomplete="off" when offering to save passwords via the password manager (see 956906)
FIXED
TypedArrays don't support new named properties (see 695438)
v22.0 [Apr 5, 2013]
--Firefox now follows display scaling options to render text larger on high-res displays
--Ability to only allow cookies from sites you've visited
--HTML5 audio/video playback rate can now be changed
--Improved WebGL rendering performance through asynchronous canvas updates
--Improved memory usage and display time when rendering many images
--Plain text files displayed within Firefox will now word-wrap
--Pointer Lock API can now be used outside of fullscreen
--Web Notifications API implemented
--A built-in font inspector
--Added clipboardData API for JavaScript access to a user's clipboard
--CSS3 Flexbox implemented and enabled by default
v8.0 [Aug 18, 2011]
Firefox Aurora 8 includes many experimental performance enhancements and features under testing.
The new features in Firefox Aurora give users and Web developers more control over their browsing and development environments while improving overall performance.
The latest experimental additions to Firefox Aurora for Windows, Mac and Linux streamline the user interface and give users more control when managing third-party add-ons. This update adds support for more HTML5 technologies, improves performance and scalability of HTML5 media elements, updates the WebSockets protocol and adds CORS support to WebGL. This update to Firefox Aurora for Android adds features to make mobile browsing more secure and convenient.
New Experimental Features in Firefox Aurora for Windows, Mac, Linux:
Users have more control in managing their add-ons (#thirdpartyaddons): After upgrading, users will receive a one-time notification with the option to review and confirm the add-ons they want to keep, disable or delete.
Additionally, Firefox will now ask user permission before installing third-party add-ons. Any third-party add-ons will be disabled by default until the user confirms the installation.
