1 Unwanted features in the new Firefox version.A portable build is also available for Windows users, and Firefox 40.0 FINAL for Android is imminent. Developers gain three new views - Waterfall, Call Tree and Flame Chart - to the performance tools.Īndroid users gain support for the Android Presentation API when screen casting from their device, while the history list is now accessible by long pressing on either back or forward navigation buttons in the app menu.įirefox 40.0 FINAL is available now for Windows, Mac and Linux as free, open-source downloads. Other new features see improved graphics performance, and improvements to the graphics blocklist mechanism. This is accompanied by a warning whenever a user attempts to install an add-on extension that hasn’t been signed by Mozilla. Users can switch the feature off by clicking the settings button in the top right-hand corner of the New Tab page and unticking "Include selected sites").įirefox’s chat tool, Hello, gains a new feature that allows users to select the currently active web tab as the focus for a topic of conversation - just tick the "Let’s talk about" box before clicking "Start a conversation".įirefox 40 also restyles the Add-On Manager to more closely resemble the recently retooled Preferences dialog. These are based on categories that are selected based on content in the user’s recent browsing history. This builds on the malware screening - based on the protection offered in Google Chrome - that was first implemented last year.ĭesktop users also gain a new Suggested Tiles feature, designed to display sites of potential interest. The other significant new feature of note - also applied to the Android build - sees Firefox gain increased protection against potentially malicious downloads. Support entails subtly tweaking the browser’s design and feel to fit in the new Windows 10 look - this includes shrinking the browser UI to increase space for displaying web pages. Version 40 opens with "support for Windows 10", despite the fact Firefox 39 seems to co-exist happily with it.
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