Download Mozilla Firefox 14.0 Beta

As we are used to from Mozilla, the first beta release of the next version has already appeared shortly after the release of the final of the Firefox web browser. New in version 14 is, among other things, that the Google search is now always done over a secure connection, there is a full-screen mode on Mac OS X and favicons are no longer shown in the address bar, thus spoofing a secure connection. to prevent. Below is the complete overview of the improvements we can expect in version 14.

New:

• Google searches now utilize HTTPS
• Full screen support for Mac OS X Lion implemented
• Plugins can now be configured to only load on click (requires an about:config change)
• 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
• New API to prevent your display from sleeping
• New text-transform and font-variant CSS improvements for Turkish languages ​​and Greek

Fixed:

• OS X: nsCocoaWindow::ConstrainPosition uses wrong screen in multi-display setup (752149)
• CSS :hover regression when an element’s class name is set by Javascript (758885)

Known Issues

• GIF animation can gets stuck when src and image size are changed (see 743598)
• If you try to start Firefox using a locked profile, it will crash (see 573369)
• For some users, scrolling in the main GMail window will be slower than usual (see 579260)
• Focus rings keep growing when repeatedly tabbing through elements (see 720987)
• Windows: The use of Microsoft’s System Restore functionality shortly after updating Firefox may prevent future updates (see 730285)

The following downloads are available:
Mozilla Firefox 14.0 beta for Windows (English)
Mozilla Firefox 14.0 beta for Linux (English)
Mozilla Firefox 14.0 beta for Mac OS X (English)
Mozilla Firefox 14.0 Beta for Windows (English)
Mozilla Firefox 14.0 Beta for Linux (English)
Mozilla Firefox 14.0 Beta for Mac OS X (English)
Mozilla Firefox 14.0 beta for Windows (Frisian)
Mozilla Firefox 14.0 beta for Linux (Frisian)
Mozilla Firefox 14.0 beta for Mac OS X (Frisian)