Rillmar’s Weblog: Firefox 10 now available to public download

Check out what’s new and known issues for this version of Firefox below. As always, you’re encouraged to tell us what you think, or file a bug in Bugzilla.

If interested, please see the complete list of changes in this release.

NEW
The forward button is now hidden until you navigate back
NEW
Most add-ons are now compatible with new versions of Firefox by default
NEW
Anti-Aliasing for WebGL is now implemented (see bug 615976)
NEW
CSS3 3D-Transforms are now supported (see bug 505115)
HTML5
New <bdi> element for bi-directional text isolation, along with supporting CSS properties (see bugs 613149 and 662288)
HTML5
Full Screen APIs allow you to build a web application that runs full screen (see the feature page)
DEVELOPER
We've added IndexedDB APIs to more closely match the specification
DEVELOPER
Inspect tool with content highlighting, includes new CSS Style Inspector
FIXED
Mac OS X only - after installing the latest Java release from Apple, Firefox may crash when closing a tab with a Java applet installed (700835)
FIXED
Some users may experience a crash when moving bookmarks (681795)

Unresolved
Two-digit browser version numbers may cause a small number of website incompatibilities (see 690287)
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
Some synaptic touch pads are unable to vertical scroll (see 622410)
Unresolved
Firefox notifications may not work properly with Growl 1.3 or later (see 691662)

Unresolved on v10 Resolved in v11
Unresolved
Under certain conditions, scrolling and text input may be jerky (see 711900)
Unresolved
Silverlight video may not play on some Macintosh hardware (see 715396)

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