New

  • More secure connections: Firefox can now automatically upgrade to HTTPS using HTTPS RR as Alt-Svc headers.

  • Full-range color levels are now supported for video playback on many systems.

  • Mac users can now access the macOS share options from the Firefox File menu.

  • Support for images containing ICC v4 profiles is enabled on macOS.

Fixed

  • Firefox performance with screen readers and other accessibility tools is no longer severely degraded if Mozilla Thunderbird is installed or updated after Firefox.

  • macOS VoiceOver now correctly reports buttons and links marked as ‘expanded’ using the aria-expanded attribute.

  • An open alert in a tab no longer causes performance issues in other tabs using the same process.

  • Various security fixes

Changed

  • The bookmark toolbar menus on macOS now follow Firefox visual styles.

  • Certificate error pages have been redesigned for a better user experience.

  • Continuing work to restructure Firefox’s JavaScript memory management to be more performant and use less memory.

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Developer Information

  • IngrownMink4@lemmy.mlOP
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    3 years ago

    They improved a lot of things under the hood in this release. For example, they ported Localization API and Fluent to Rust. This has resulted in a small increase in performance, lower RAM consumption, and faster load times when interacting with the interface (menus, about:home, about:newtab).