firefox 18.0.1 released

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http://dm-download02.mozilla.org/pu...s/18.0.1/win32/en-US/Firefox Setup 18.0.1.exe

What’s New


  • FIXED 18.0.1: Problems involving HTTP Proxy Transactions (Associated bugs)
  • FIXED 18.0.1: Unity player crashes on Mac OS X (bug 828954)
  • FIXED 18.0.1: Disabled HIDPI support on external monitors to avoid rendering glitches (bug 814434)
  • NEW Faster JavaScript performance via IonMonkey compiler
  • 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 Support for new DOM property window.devicePixelRatio
  • DEVELOPER Improvement in startup time through smart handling of signed extension certificates
  • HTML5 Support for W3C touch events implemented, taking the place of MozTouch events
  • FIXED Disable insecure content loading on HTTPS pages (62178)
  • FIXED Improved responsiveness for users on proxies (769764)

Known Issues


  • Unresolved If you try to start Firefox using a locked profile, it will crash (see 573369)
  • Unresolved For some users, scrolling in the main GMail window will be slower than usual (see 579260)
  • Unresolved Animated Personas or Themes now require a workaround. See this support page
  • Unresolved Windows: The use of Microsoft's System Restore functionality shortly after updating Firefox may prevent future updates (see 730285)
  • Unresolved Mootools 1.2.x incompatible with Firefox 18 and newer.Fixed in Mootools 1.3 and newer (see 789036)
  • Unresolved Starting Firefox with -private flag incorrectly claims you are not in Private Browsing mode (see 802274)

    Unresolved on v18 Resolved in v19
  • Unresolved Certain valid WebGL drawing operations are incorrectly rejected, leaving incomplete rendering in affected pages (see 825205)

    Unresolved on v18 Resolved in v19
  • Unresolved Plugins stop rendering when the top half of the plugin is scrolled off the top of the page, in HiDPI mode (see 825734)

    Unresolved on v18 Resolved in v19