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Firefox Aurora Notes (First offered to Aurora channel users on June 28, 2013)

Check out "What’s New" and "Known Issues" for this version of Firefox below. As always, you’re encouraged to tell us what you think, or file a bug in Bugzilla.

What’s New

  • NEW
    Implemented Close tabs to the right
  • NEW
    Social: Ability to tear-off chat windows to view separately by simply dragging them out
  • CHANGED
    Implementation of Off-Main-Thread-Compositing (OMTC) for OSX render's smoother video and animation (see 756601)
  • CHANGED
    Accessibility related improvements on using pinned tabs (see 577727)
  • DEVELOPER
    Major SVG rendering improvements around Image tiling and scaling (see 600207 )
  • DEVELOPER
    Experimental support for WebAudio, targeted at developer testing and feedback
  • DEVELOPER
    Improved and unified Browser console for enhanced debugging experience, replacing existing Error console
  • DEVELOPER
    Removed support for sherlock files that are loaded from application or profile directory

Known Issues

  • Unresolved
    If you try to start Firefox using a locked profile, it will crash (see 573369)