Friday, October 17, 2014

Firefox Beta update brings ‘tab casting’ & more!

 


Firefox Beta Android


Mozilla is in the midst of pushing out a rather hefty software update to its official Firefox for Android Beta application. In terms of added functionality, the upgrade transports tab mirroring support for Chromecast, integrated Wikipedia search, the ability to change search defaults and much, much more.


Hit the break below for the full changelog.



New:


Tab mirroring support for Chromecast

Added support for Prefer:Safe HTTP header

Wikipedia search now uses HTTPS for secure searching

Beta search default changed to Yahoo for evaluation

Toggle wifi on error pages

Public key pinning support enabled

Implementation of HTTP/2 (draft14) and ALPN

Redesigned first run experience

Browser theme refresh


HTML5:


ECMAScript 6 WeakSet Implemented

JavaScript Template Strings Implemented

CSS3 Font variants and features control (e.g. kerning) implemented

Device Storage API for privileged apps enabled

WebCrypto: RSA-OAEP, PBKDF2 and AES-KW support

WebCrypto: wrapKey and unwrapKey implemented

WebCrypto: Import/export of JWK-formatted keys

matches() DOM API implemented (formerlymozMatchesSelector())

Performance.now() for workers implemented

WebCrypto: ECDH support

Support for the ECMAScript 6 Symbol data type added


Fixed:


CSS transitions start correctly when started at the same time as changes to display, position, overflow, and similar properties


If you would like to download or update your copy of the Firefox Beta app for Android – click the source link below. Alternatively, you can scan the QR code using your smartphone’s camera.


qr code


Play Store Download Link



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