firefox 26 final released

[hclarkjr]

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/
RELEASE NOTES



What’s New

• NEW All plug-ins, with the exception of recent Flash plug-ins, are defaulted to 'click to play'
• NEW Password manager now supports script-generated password fields
• NEW Updates can now be performed by Windows users without write permissions to Firefox install directory (requires Mozilla Maintenance Service)
• NEW Support for H.264 on Linux if the appropriate gstreamer plug-ins are installed
• CHANGED Support for MP3 decoding on Windows XP, completing MP3 support across Windows OS versions
• CHANGED CSP implementation now supports multiple policies, including the case of both an enforced and Report-Only policy, per the spec
• DEVELOPER Social API now supports Social Bookmarking for multiple providers through its SocialMarks functionality (see MDN docs)
• DEVELOPER There is no longer a prompt when websites use appcache
• DEVELOPER Support for the CSS image orientation property
• DEVELOPER New App Manager allows you to deploy and debug HTML5 webapps on Firefox OS phones and the Firefox OS Simulator
• DEVELOPER IndexedDB can now be used as a "optimistic" storage area so it doesn't require any prompts and data is stored in a pool with LRU eviction policy, in short temporary storage
• FIXED When displaying a standalone image, Firefox matches the EXIF orientation information contained within the JPEG image (298619)
• FIXED Improved page load times due to no longer decoding images that aren't visible (847223)
• FIXED AudioToolbox MP3 backend for OSX (914479)

 

[hclarkjr]

i installed it this afternoon and can report no issues with it so far. all extensions i run work fine.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

Thank you. Very interesting - does this mean that finally a non administrator level user will be able to update firefox without manually clicking on run as administrator? This would be most excellent!!!

 

[bruceb]

Will try it and see how it goes.

 

[Berryracer]

Firefox sucks! Pale Moon is way better

 

[bruceb]

So far, so good. As usual Firefox complained about Google Toolbar 7.1.20110512W and Firefox 3 Theme For Firefox 4+ 3.0.4.1 Reloaded! as being not ok with V26, but they do in fact work just fine.

 

[PliotronX]

what makes Google toolbar better than the default search bar?

 

[lxskllr]

what makes Google toolbar better than the default search bar?

It comes with extra spying at no extra cost!

 

[PliotronX]

It comes with extra spying at no extra cost!

Sign me up! LOL gimme some'a that AVG Safe Search too.

 

[bruceb]

For me, I like the search box better on the toolbar. Plus it has the Translate option which is needed now and then, as well as a button to Google Maps. I can also add custom buttons to items I want fast access to, such as USPS or UPS or Fedex tracking sites.

 

[hclarkjr]

For me, I like the search box better on the toolbar. Plus it has the Translate option which is needed now and then, as well as a button to Google Maps. I can also add custom buttons to items I want fast access to, such as USPS or UPS or Fedex tracking sites.

thanx for tip on google toolbar, i just installed it. like it so far

 

[bruceb]

Only problem now, is the Classic Download Manager is gone, despite having Status-4 Evar 2013.10.31.22 installed. It was working fine in Firefox 25.0.1, but not in Firefox 26 .. I have also seen some rumors about what is planned for Firefox 28, too much of a Metro UI from what I have seen. I hope we can keep it looking Classic or else I will not update it anymore (just like what those idiots are doing to Opera)

 

[nemesismk2]

Firefox sucks! Pale Moon is way better

I can't decide because I like Firefox and i also like Pale Moon

 

[hclarkjr]

build 2 posted in first post for those that installed this

 

[Ketchup]

I have read through this thread a couple times, and still can't figure out how a "release candidate" is a "final release."

 

[bruceb]

What did they fix in RC2 ? ? ? Somehow I knew I should have waited for the real final build.

 

[hclarkjr]

What did they fix in RC2 ? ? ? Somehow I knew I should have waited for the real final build.

have not found any information out as to why it released. sorry

 

[Mem]

FF26 final is out,my update went smooth via FF.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

It does appear that you can now update the browser when logged in as a non-administrator. I was able to do this with the beta version. Very happy about this!

 

[hclarkjr]

it even updated me from the build 1 release candidate to the final.

 

[MontyAC]

Updated, thanks.

 

[bruceb]

Mine also updated from within the RC build

 

[bbhaag]

Came home from work tonight and saw the FF 26 update available in my update manager. Went ahead and downloaded and installed without any problems. All my extensions work just like before so I'm happy.

 

[mikeyanrol]

Look like time to update firefox,

 

[Iron Woode]

Download StatusBar does not function under FF26.