Mozilla Firefox 14.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 14.0.1

 

Mozilla, have just released an updated to Firefox 14.0.1 stable for all supported operating systems (Windows, Mac and Linux) and it’s now available for download.

Mozilla also makes Firefox 14.0.1 supported full-screen for Mac OS X Lion and two new APIs are also available in this release, one for preventing the display from entering sleep mode and the other is Pointer Lock API (allow applications to better control the mouse).

Features of Firefox:

• Comprehensive popup controls to keep unwanted advertising off your desktop
• A tab browsing mode that lets you open several pages in a single window, allowing you to load links in the background without leaving the page you’re on
• Integrated search (powered by Google)
• Industry leading accessibility with Find As You Type – find links and page text by simply typing;
• Simplified privacy controls that let you cover your tracks more effectively
• A streamlined browser window that lets you see more of the page than any other browser while at the same time being more configurable
• A large variety of free downloadable extensions and themes that add specific functionality and visual changes to the browser.

What’s new in Firefox 14.0.1 Stable:

• NEW: Google searches now utilize HTTPS
• NEW: Plugins can now be configured to only load on click (requires an about:config change)
• NEW: The Awesome Bar now auto-completes typed URLs
• CHANGED: Improved site identity manager, to prevent spoofing of an SSL connection with favicons
• DEVELOPER: Pointer Lock API implemented
• DEVELOPER: New API to prevent your display from sleeping
• DEVELOPER: New text-transform and font-variant CSS improvements for Turkic languages and Greek
• FIXED: CSS :hover regression when an element’s class name is set by Javascript (758885)

Download: Firefox 14.0.1 for Windows
Download: Firefox 14.0.1 for Linux
Download: Firefox 14.0.1 for Mac