Mozilla released Firefox 45.0.2 on Apto the stable channel.
The browser update made the following changes or fixes: Mozilla released Firefox 45.0.1 on March 16, 2016.It is considered a bug fix release.
Super Toasts have been replaced with Snackbar, the latter supporting actions in notifications.The url is no longer included when selected text on web pages is shared.A new addition in Firefox 45 is a control to allow or block the use of camera or microphone on websites that allow real-time communication. It allows an admin to define features that restricted family members have access to.
The feature can be used to reduce data usage while using the browser which can be useful especially if you are on a tight data plan, or in an area with bad reception.Ĭamera & Microphone setting for Family accountsįirefox for Android supports family-friendly profiles on systems running the mobile operating system.
Set to always load images by default, it can be set to only load images over Wi-Fi, or never. Most changes are shared with the desktop version of Firefox.įirefox for Android 45 features a new option to control when images get loaded in the browser. The following list of changes are unique to Firefox for Android. (see bug 1003439 for additional information) Web Speech Synthesis API implemented for Firefox on desktop.WebGL implementation extended with support for programs, shaders, uniforms and attributes, Framebuffer and Renderbuffer.Page Inspector supports full-text search (document and iframes).EV certs valid for more than 27 months will be treated as DV certs.It can be re-enabled by setting the value -remote-files to false on about:config.
jar protocol support to directly link to files in ZIP archives has been disabled by default.A preference has been added to Firefox to block.(see bug 1222866 for additional information) Fixed a bug that caused audio playback to stutter "due to duration time rounding errors".In addition, Synced Tabs are shown automatically in the list of suggestions when you type in Firefox's address bar. Locate the Synced Tabs button and drag and drop it to the Firefox toolbar. If the button is not displayed by default, click on the Firefox menu button and select customize from the context menu that opens up. Mozilla added a new Synced Tabs icon to Firefox 45 which you can use to display tabs open on other devices running the browser. While you can disable the tab sharing, there does not appear to be an option currently in the settings or about:config to disable tab sharing by default. What this means is that you share the active tab with others when you use Firefox Hello. The decision to change Firefox Hello from a chat service supporting anonymous audio, video and text chat with contacts to one that puts a focus on tab-sharing has been made in December 2015.Ĭontacts have been removed from Firefox Hello, and tab sharing is enabled by default. Tab Groups is closest to the original functionality while Optimal Access re-envisions the feature. It allowed you to create group of tabs and switch between them.įirefox users who have used the feature may want to check out one of the following extensions for the browser that brings back the feature: Mozilla removed the Tab Groups / Panorama feature from Firefox.