Version History of Mozilla Firefox 18.0
- New - Faster JavaScript performance via IonMonkey compiler
- New - Support for Retina Display on OS X 10.7 and up
- New - Preliminary support for WebRTC
- CHANGED - Experience better image quality with our new HTML scaling algorithm
- CHANGED - Performance improvements around tab switching
- DEVELOPER - Support for new DOM property window.devicePixelRatio
- DEVELOPER - Improvement in startup time through smart handling of signed extension certificates
- HTML5 - Support for W3C touch events implemented, taking the place of MozTouch events
- FIXED - Disable insecure content loading on HTTPS pages (62178)
- FIXED - Improved responsiveness for users on proxies (769764)
Known Issues
- UNRESOLVED - Certain valid WebGL drawing operations are incorrectly rejected, leaving incomplete rendering in affected pages (see 825205)
- UNRESOLVED - If you try to start Firefox using a locked profile, it will crash (see 573369)
- UNRESOLVED - For some users, scrolling in the main GMail window will be slower than usual (see 579260)
- UNRESOLVED - Windows: The use of Microsoft's System Restore functionality shortly after updating Firefox may prevent future updates (see 730285)
- UNRESOLVED - Starting Firefox with -private flag incorrectly claims you are not in Private Browsing mode (see 802274)
- Unresolved on v18 Resolved in v19
- UNRESOLVED - Plugins stop rendering when the top half of the plugin is scrolled off the top of the page, in HiDPI mode (see 825734)