8pecxstudios
June 21st, 2012, 01:53 PM
What’s New
FIXED 16.0.1: Vulnerability outlined here (https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2012/10/10/security-vulnerability-in-firefox-16/)
NEW Firefox on Mac OS X now has preliminary VoiceOver support turned on by default
NEW Initial web app support (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Apps/Getting_Started) (Windows/Mac/Linux)
NEW Acholi and Kazakh localizations added
CHANGED Improvements around JavaScript responsiveness through incremental garbage collection (https://blog.mozilla.org/javascript/2012/08/28/incremental-gc-in-firefox-16/)
DEVELOPER New Developer Toolbar with buttons for quick access to tools, error count for the Web Console, and a new command line for quick keyboard access
DEVELOPER CSS3 Animations, Transitions, Transforms and Gradients unprefixed in Firefox 16 (https://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/07/aurora-16-is-out/)
DEVELOPER Recently opened files list in Scratchpad implemented
FIXED 16.0.1: Vulnerability outlined here (https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2012/10/10/security-vulnerability-in-firefox-16/)
FIXED Debugger breakpoints do not catch on page reload (783393 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783393))
FIXED No longer supporting MD5 as a hash algorithm in digital signatures (650355 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=650355))
FIXED Opus support by default (772341 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=772341))
FIXED Reverse animation direction has been implemented (655920 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=655920))
FIXED Per tab reporting in about:memory (687724 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=687724))
FIXED User Agent strings for pre-release Firefox versions now show only major version (728831 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=728831))
Known Issues
Unresolved If you try to start Firefox using a locked profile, it will crash (see 573369 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=573369))
Unresolved For some users, scrolling in the main GMail window will be slower than usual (see 579260 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579260))
Unresolved Windows: The use of Microsoft's System Restore functionality shortly after updating Firefox may prevent future updates (see 730285 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=730285))
Unresolved Pointer lock doesn't work in web apps (see 769150 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=769150)) Unresolved on v16 Resolved in v17 (http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/17.0/releasenotes)
Windows Operating Systems
Windows XP SP2
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Please note that while the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7 can be used to run Firefox 16, only 32-bit builds of Firefox 16 are supported at this time.
Recommended Hardware
Pentium 4 or newer processor that supports SSE2
512MB of RAM
200MB of hard drive space
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FIXED 16.0.1: Vulnerability outlined here (https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2012/10/10/security-vulnerability-in-firefox-16/)
NEW Firefox on Mac OS X now has preliminary VoiceOver support turned on by default
NEW Initial web app support (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Apps/Getting_Started) (Windows/Mac/Linux)
NEW Acholi and Kazakh localizations added
CHANGED Improvements around JavaScript responsiveness through incremental garbage collection (https://blog.mozilla.org/javascript/2012/08/28/incremental-gc-in-firefox-16/)
DEVELOPER New Developer Toolbar with buttons for quick access to tools, error count for the Web Console, and a new command line for quick keyboard access
DEVELOPER CSS3 Animations, Transitions, Transforms and Gradients unprefixed in Firefox 16 (https://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/07/aurora-16-is-out/)
DEVELOPER Recently opened files list in Scratchpad implemented
FIXED 16.0.1: Vulnerability outlined here (https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2012/10/10/security-vulnerability-in-firefox-16/)
FIXED Debugger breakpoints do not catch on page reload (783393 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783393))
FIXED No longer supporting MD5 as a hash algorithm in digital signatures (650355 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=650355))
FIXED Opus support by default (772341 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=772341))
FIXED Reverse animation direction has been implemented (655920 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=655920))
FIXED Per tab reporting in about:memory (687724 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=687724))
FIXED User Agent strings for pre-release Firefox versions now show only major version (728831 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=728831))
Known Issues
Unresolved If you try to start Firefox using a locked profile, it will crash (see 573369 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=573369))
Unresolved For some users, scrolling in the main GMail window will be slower than usual (see 579260 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579260))
Unresolved Windows: The use of Microsoft's System Restore functionality shortly after updating Firefox may prevent future updates (see 730285 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=730285))
Unresolved Pointer lock doesn't work in web apps (see 769150 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=769150)) Unresolved on v16 Resolved in v17 (http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/17.0/releasenotes)
Windows Operating Systems
Windows XP SP2
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Please note that while the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7 can be used to run Firefox 16, only 32-bit builds of Firefox 16 are supported at this time.
Recommended Hardware
Pentium 4 or newer processor that supports SSE2
512MB of RAM
200MB of hard drive space
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