What can we expect in future versions of Firefox?

A few days ago was released the final version of Firefox 12, followed by Mozilla developers have proposed attention of users of the experimental Firefox build 13 (Beta), 14 (Aurora) and 15 (Nightly / UX). These test versions reveal the mystery of the new browser and advanced features that users will see in the foreseeable future.


Firefox 13.0b1 Beta - very-designed of the currently available test versions of "ognelisa", which could in stability compared with the final assembly. Those users who have downloaded the "beta", time to assess the updated design of the home page (Home Page) and page open a new tab (New Tab Page).

The updated home page Firefox (to display it is necessary to enter about: home in the address bar) will provide users with fast access to your personal bookmarks, lists of uploaded files, supplements, magazines, stories, settings, and media synchronization, as well as provide an opportunity to restore the tabs that are open during the previous session. Home is currently fully functional, which, however, does not exclude the possibility of its further evolution. For example, the Mozilla developers are considering the use of the home page for quick access to the future of the app store.

13 Firefox users are also invited to evaluate the page open a new tab, which displays thumbnails of recently visited sites. Users can delete unwanted thumbnails, and change the display order. And those PC owners who do not have a new feature to your taste, be able to return to "traditional" view page. Another change in the version of Firefox 13 is enabled by default smooth scrolling pages. And the owners of devices based on Android will be pleased to know that the mobile version of Firefox will be 13 supports technology Flash.

Firefox 14.0a2 Aurora is an early alpha version of a browser that is not designed for everyday work, but only allows developers (and impatient users) in advance to get acquainted with new features browser. For security reasons, the assembly is installed separately from the current stable or beta versions, however, the user is able to provide the transfer of personal settings.

So, in future versions of Firefox 14 developers are going to offer users a Metro-compatible version of "ognelisa" for the new operating system Windows 8. One of the innovations may also be to support desktop applications that are installed and run separately from the browser (including offline). A panel will be a download manager built into the browser interface.

"Nightly" Firefox 15.0a1 Nightly Build and Firefox 15.0a1 UX takes us into the future of the browser most separated, which at first glance does not look too interesting. In contrast to the "revolutionary" Firefox releases 13 and 14, 15 version of Firefox can not boast the same number of innovations. At least that is the impression one gets now, in the early stages of development.

Currently, developers are being actively discussed all three significant innovations, two of which are related to product performance (faster boot browser on Windows-based systems, and restore previous session, with no noticeable performance degradation). Fortunately, the third innovation is still possible to be seen with the naked eye. This is a feature called In-content Preferences, which involves the rejection of the traditional settings dialog and display its contents in a separate browser window (similar to how it was done in annexed Chrome).

Mozilla released the final version of Firefox and Thunderbird 12 12

Mozilla announces the availability of final versions of products Firefox and Thunderbird 12 12, free web-browser, open source and popular e-mail client.


Perhaps the supporters of these products will experience some frustration. Despite the new numbers, the application can not boast a large number of innovations.

In fact, users of Windows-systems is proposed, only one major improvement - a simplified installation procedure for updates. When you upgrade to a newer version of the browser no longer displays a dialog box User Account Control does not require the user to confirm their actions. In Firefox, 12 also presented the updated controls playback of multimedia content HTML5.

Other key innovations in the 12 version of Firefox are listed below:

Tool Page Source, intended for viewing code, learned to display line numbers.
In the Title attribute support for the transfer line.
The improved mechanism Find in Page displays search results in the center of the screen.
Automatic download address URL, inserted into the window manager downloads.
Support for the properties Text-Align-Last and Column-Fill in the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
Experimental support for a Map and Set in ECMAScript 6.
Fixed problems with decreased performance on some systems WebGL OS X.

The developers promise that more radical changes, including a transformed user interface, you will see in future versions of the browser. As far as this statement is true, we learn in the coming days. With the release of stable version of Firefox 12 previous experimental Firefox build 13 acquires the status of a full-fledged "beta."

Updated Thunderbird 12, as well as his older brother, can not boast a large number of new features. The only new feature that deserves special mention is the mapping of message fragments that match the query, the results of global search. Users are also offered improved mechanisms for processing subscriptions to the RSS-mailing and better quality treatment.

Another innovation presented in Thunderbird 12, is to support add-ons that allow use of alternative formats for storing e-mail. Instead of the default format customers will be able to use the Mbox MailDir or Sqlite. The proposed features are more focused on developers, but also able to motivate and experienced users.

As is the case with Firefox, the developers moved the most interesting announcements at a later date. In the version of Thunderbird, 13 will be implemented the ability to exchange files through the online store, which will eliminate the use of conventional e-mail attachments. In its users also will be tools that allow you to start instant messaging services (including the popular Twitter) directly from the interface Thunderbird. If you want to immediately familiarize yourself with these features, please download an early build Earlybird 13.0a2 or wait for the release of a beta version of Thunderbird 13 Beta.

Both products Firefox and Thunderbird 12 12 FINAL FINAL platforms are available for Windows, Mac and Linux.