The Burning Edge

• Fixed: New options dialog.
• Fixed: New "Sanitize" privacy feature.
• Fixed: 131456 - Memory use does not go down after closing tabs (resources not released).
• Fixed: 278534 - Make tooklit chrome registry use plaintext manifests instead of an RDF cache. (Get rid of contents.rdf chrome registration nightmare.)
• Fixed: 209020 - Meta HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" broken if midas was ever used in that browser window.
• Fixed: 198155 - Midas html editing mode persists after leaving the page that enabled it.
• Fixed: 282103 - Dynamic Overlays.
• Fixed: 260951 - [Regression] Go menu doesn't display recent page history until second opening (since September on trunk).
• Fixed: 283046 - [Regression] File input button does not properly render (since Feb 21). (Fixed in Firefox but not in Camino?)
• Fixed: 283180 - Creativecommons, amazon, eBay, dictionary search plugins are broken for non-ASCII character search.
• Fixed: 283276 - Plugin finder service freezes when attempting to install plugins and not accepting first license.
• Fixed: 282764 - Crash when going Back in frameset page [@ nsWindow::UpdateIdle].
• Fixed: 252189 - Retrieve proper display name for application handlers.
• Fixed: 125386 - Flyout menu disappears when mouse passes over scrollable div or iframe.
• Fixed: 244754 - URL is not shown in the status bar when I point at a link on a page encoded as 8-bit Unicode.

• Since Feb 25: 283600 - Can't open Find as you Type/Find Toolbar.
• Since Feb 25: 283640 - Hang when opening / closing cookies.
• Since Feb 25: 283738 - [Linux] Prefwindow V unusable on GTK2+XFT builds.
• Since Feb 25: Increased leaks on Linux balsa tinderbox (Ben is investigating).
• Since Feb 25: Crashes while customizing toolbars (?)
• Since Feb 21: 283355 - Image name and size are no longer displayed in title-bar.
• Since ~Jan 22: 279497 - Selected profile does not always appear focused.
• Since ??: 278544 - Location bar of newly created tabs is not focussed after using find-as-you-type (not Ctrl-F); workaround: Ctrl-F.
• Since ??: 273200 - Ctrl+W in Find bar breaks middle-clicking links, find toolbar, and back button.
• Since Aviary landing: 272556 - about: is broken.
• Since Aviary landing: 231361 - Download manager doesn't show downloaded filesize after 1MB if the filesize is "unknown".
• Missing from trunk: 176177 - History, Bookmarks and Highlight buttons don't have a pressed state in WinXP Luna.
• Since November on trunk: 269927 - Tooltip appears after closing tab.

The JavaScript annoyance prefs have been removed and replaced by a single checkbox, "but disable common annoyances", under the "Enable JavaScript" checkbox (283716). Checking this box is equivalent to unchecking the first five of the old annoyances options. That is, the new checkbox could be labelled "Don't scripts to (1) move or resize existing windows, (2) raise or lower windows, (3) disable or replace context menus, (4) hide the status bar, or (5) change status bar text" (source code). The sixth and last checkbox from the old annoyances window, "change images", is now gone. As far as I know, these are the only preferences that were in the old Options dialog but not in the new one. [This paragraph was updated and rewritten 2005-02-26.]

There are also a lot of bugs in the new prefs dialog: things that don't work, misspellings, etc. I'm not going to list them all here, but you can find them by searching Bugzilla for "ALL firefox preferences" and sorting by bug ID.

The new "Sanitize" feature lets you clear your tracks quickly with Tools > Sanitize Firefox (Ctrl+Shift+Del on Windows). You can select what data is delected when you use the Sanitize feature. I select Cache and Download History, but someone more paranoid might also select History, Form History, and Cookies.

There are two hidden preferences that change the behavior of Prefwindow V (the new Options window):

browser.preferences.animateFadeIn

When switching prefs panels, change the height of the window and fade the new panel in over about a second.

Default on: Mac.

browser.preferences.instantApply

Changes to preferences are active immediately. The preferences window is not modal. Instead of "OK" and "Cancel" buttons, there is only a "Close" button.

Default on: Everywhere except Windows.

I use Windows. I find that animateFadeIn isn't as smooth as it could be, but I like instantApply.

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• Fixed: 282872 - [Regression] Download dialog OK button needs to be clicked TWICE to initiate download (since Feb 20).
• Fixed: 258511 - In builds with SVG support, disable SVG by default (with a pref).
• Fixed: 283063 - Leak domwindows when opening and closing tabs due to browser binding's focusedWindow member.
• Fixed: 282721 - Real Player plugin install page shows next button too early.
• Fixed: 229813 - CSS Errors in Firefox skins.
• Fixed: 281361 - [RTL] Tab navigation with left/right arrow keys moves in the wrong direction.
• Fixed: 242850 - [Mac] Closing Download Manager window while download happening asks to confirm quit.

• Since Feb 21: 283046 - File input button does not properly render.
• Since ~Jan 22: 279497 - Selected profile does not always appear focused.
• Since ??: 278544 - Location bar of newly created tabs is not focussed after using find-as-you-type (not Ctrl-F); workaround: Ctrl-F.
• Since ??: 273200 - Ctrl+W in Find bar breaks middle-clicking links, find toolbar, and back button.
• Since Aviary landing: 272556 - about: is broken.
• Since Aviary landing: 231361 - Download manager doesn't show downloaded filesize after 1MB if the filesize is "unknown".
• Missing from trunk: 176177 - History, Bookmarks and Highlight buttons don't have a pressed state in WinXP Luna.
• Since November on trunk: 269927 - Tooltip appears after closing tab.
• Since September on trunk: 260951 - Go menu doesn't display recent page history until second opening.

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• Fixed: 233625 - Skip uninstall offer to nuke directory (only uninstall files we explicitly installed).
• Fixed: 237244 - "Try Again" on XUL error pages does not repost form data.
• Fixed: 273785 - Plugins not scanned/detected on startup (empty plug-ins dialog in downloads, open-with dialog for PDFs).
• Fixed: 245163 - Right-click context menu is cut off/disappearing/offscreen when it contains too many items (items added by extensions).
• Fixed: 174320 - When an event handler removes itself the next handler is skipped (creates conflicts between extensions).
• Fixed: 278143 - [Regression] "Force links that open new windows to open in tab" does not work for links inside mail body in GMail (since ~Jan 12).
• WFM: 280675 - [Regression] Accessibility API totally broken in 2/1/05 Firefox builds (affects screen-reader users) (since ~Jan 16).
• WFM: 278759 - [Regression] Update dialog takes entire screen, closes browser if finished OR cancelled (since ~Jan 16).
• Fixed: 272566 - [Regression] Page Info security tab missing (since Aviary landing).
• Fixed: 282270 - [Security] Display IDN urls as punycode by default (pref controlled) (temporary anti-spoofing measure).
• Fixed: 22183 - [Security] Reduce spoofing by adding hostname to title of pop-ups that don't have address bar.
• Fixed: 275417 - [Security] Download dialog source spoofing (Secunia Advisory SA13599).
• Fixed: 260560 - [Security] Security and download dialogs can be spoofed by covering them partially using popup windows.
• Fixed: [Security] Other security holes of varying severity (241440, 258048, 268059, 267828, 270697, 271732, 276720, 277549).
• Fixed: 282796 - Update rv and Firefox version numbers (as seen from About > Help).
• Fixed: 266525 - Plugin finder does not work when a page with plugin is opened in background tab.
• Fixed: 271299 - Help Viewer search results should be updated with every keystroke (live search).
• Fixed: 273978 - Plugin Finder dialog hangs with mime type including plus.
• Fixed: 280438 - Tab gives away password when no title is defined.
• Fixed: 276318 - Context menu search does not obey "browser.tabs.loadInBackground" pref (tabs are not selected).
• Fixed: [Mac] Pinstripe tweaks.
• Fixed: 220589 - Cmd-Enter and Cmd-Shift-Enter should work like win/lin builds.
• Fixed: 273406 - Signed xpi plugin installer gets "Signing could not be verified" error.
• Fixed: 250936 - Non distributed image formats opens many mozilla windows until crashed (infinite/eternal window opening loop).
• Fixed: 262822 - FIPS can't be enabled.
• Fixed: 253979 - Crash on geocities.com/killianrotc/.
• Fixed: 282195 - Click+holding below scroll elevator, then moving cursor down, doesn't result in additional scrolling.
• Fixed: 281984 - Crash viewing superbowl ads at ifilm.com.
• Fixed: 180309 - Crash while loading page with MS .fon font (xft).
• Fixed: 274516 - Crash when printing directions with maps (mapquest.com).
• Fixed: 241864 - Crash after trying to save page and visiting other url or reload current url.
• Fixed: 236596 - Form element cannot get focus when loaded by XML/XSLT page.
• Fixed: 216399 - RFE: Allow custom button labels in xpinstall dialogs.
• Fixed: 221824 - Themes should be RTL compatible.
• Fixed: 227526 - [Mac] Open in tabs menu item doesn't work when no windows are open.
• Fixed: 228165 - [Mac] Add Bookmark dialog should be shown as a sheet on Mac OS X.
• Fixed: About 400 other bugs.

If you don't mind the regressions, I recommend upgrading to this build because of the security fixes it includes.

I also recommend that you enable error pages, now that they don't suck. To enable error pages, go to about:config and set browser.xul.error_pages.enabled to true.

• Since Feb 20: 282872 - Download dialog OK button needs to be clicked TWICE to initiate download.
• Since ~Jan 22: 279497 - Selected profile does not always appear focused.
• Since ??: 278544 - Location bar of newly created tabs is not focussed after using find-as-you-type (not Ctrl-F); workaround: Ctrl-F.
• Since ??: 273200 - Ctrl+W in Find bar breaks middle-clicking links, find toolbar, and back button.
• Since Aviary landing: 272556 - about: is broken.
• Since Aviary landing: 231361 - Download manager doesn't show downloaded filesize after 1MB if the filesize is "unknown".
• Missing from trunk: 176177 - History, Bookmarks and Highlight buttons don't have a pressed state in WinXP Luna.
• Since November on trunk: 269927 - Tooltip appears after closing tab.
• Since September on trunk: 260951 - Go menu doesn't display recent page history until second opening.

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• Fixed: 280056 - Security hole.
• Fixed: 280664 - Security hole.
• Fixed regression: 279285 - Keyboard freeze opening invalid URL in new tab (since Jan 17).
• Fixed: Part of 278019 - Prevent crash after secure->insecure transition (Firefox 1.0 topcrash).
• Fixed: 268352 - Text cursor is placed on wrong position when typing too much in an input field.
• Fixed: 236596 - Form element cannot get focus when loaded by XML/XSLT page.

• Since Feb 1: 280675 - Accessibility API totally broken in 2/1/05 Firefox builds. (Affects screen-reader users.)
• Since ~Jan 22: 279497 - Selected profile does not always appear focused.
• Since ~Jan 16: 278759 - Update dialog takes entire screen, closes browser if finished OR cancelled.
• Since ~Jan 12: 278143 - "Force links that open new windows to open in tab" does not work for links inside mail body in GMail.
• Since ??: 278544 - Location bar of newly created tabs is not focussed after using find-as-you-type (not Ctrl-F); workaround: Ctrl-F.
• Since ??: 273200 - Ctrl+W in Find bar breaks middle-clicking links, find toolbar, and back button.
• Since Aviary landing: 272566 - Page Info security tab missing.
• Since Aviary landing: 272556 - about: is broken.
• Since Aviary landing: 231361 - Download manager doesn't show downloaded filesize after 1MB if the filesize is "unknown".
• Since Aviary landing: 273785 - Plugins not scanned/detected on startup (empty plug-ins dialog in downloads, open-with dialog for PDFs).
• Missing from trunk: 176177 - History, Bookmarks and Highlight buttons don't have a pressed state in WinXP Luna.
• Since November on trunk: 269927 - All-black tooltip appears after closing tab.
• Since September on trunk: 260951 - Go menu doesn't display recent page history until second opening.

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• Fixed: 157004 - Error pages should be stored in history and show the original URL in the address bar.
• Fixed: 280603 - "New Updates Avail" popup in bottom right-hand corner pops up endlessly / excessive hits on update service.
• Fixed: 193544 - Textbox crash involving autocomplete and (Japanese) IME.
• Fixed regression: 279786 - Going back in history doesn't scroll to the right position.
• Fixed regression: 279496 - Can't copy or paste in <input> and <textarea>.
• Fixed regression: 276017 - Can't drag bookmark into folder.
• Fixed regression: 275405 - Create bookmark, folder name fails to appear in "create in" input field.
• Fixed: 277342 - JS Console behaving incorrectly with right-click on source file.
• Fixed: 270120 - Yahoo search plugin does not work with Unicode characters.
• Fixed: 268352 - Text cursor is placed on wrong position when typing too much in an input field.
• Fixed: 277482 - Input field does not get focus set by Javascript on load.
• Fixed: 277200 - Black bars appear when scrolling down and then up again.
• Fixed: 280215 - Shouldn't reload pages when going back from page with anchor to original page (foo#bar -> foo).
• Fixed: 249998 - Make DHTML accessible. (Let pages annotate custom widgets with roles.)
• Fixed: 273946 - Spacing improperly rendered on spreadfirefox.com - top margin ignored.
• Fixed: 278531 - Generic request prioritization (loadgroup prioritization) (will allow current tab to be prioritized).
• Fixed: 279308 - Folders don't draw correctly on bookmarks toolbar when opened for the first time.
• WFM: 273423 - Can't install themes.
• Fixed: 279194 - [Mac] Cannot open URL from other applications if FF not running.
• Fixed: 279093 - [Mac] Dock Icon does not react to actions any more.
• Fixed: 260549 - [Mac] Right-clicking on bookmark in a folder on bookmarks toolbar loads bookmark and context menu.

• Since Feb 1: 280675 - Accessibility API totally broken in 2/1/05 Firefox builds. (Affects screen-reader users.)
• Since ~Jan 22: 279497 - Selected profile does not always appear focused.
• Since Jan 17: 279285 - Keyboard freeze opening invalid URL in new tab.
• Since ~Jan 16: 278759 - Update dialog takes entire screen, closes browser if finished OR cancelled.
• Since ~Jan 12: 278143 - "Force links that open new windows to open in tab" does not work for links inside mail body in GMail.
• Since ??: 278544 - Location bar of newly created tabs is not focussed after using find-as-you-type (not Ctrl-F); workaround: Ctrl-F.
• Since ??: 273200 - Ctrl+W in Find bar breaks middle-clicking links, find toolbar, and back button.
• Since Aviary landing: 272566 - Page Info security tab missing.
• Since Aviary landing: 272556 - about: is broken.
• Since Aviary landing: 231361 - Download manager doesn't show downloaded filesize after 1MB if the filesize is "unknown".
• Since Aviary landing: 273785 - Plugins not scanned/detected on startup (empty plug-ins dialog in downloads, open-with dialog for PDFs).
• Missing from trunk: 176177 - History, Bookmarks and Highlight buttons don't have a pressed state in WinXP Luna.
• Since November on trunk: 269927 - All-black tooltip appears after closing tab.
• Since September on trunk: 260951 - Go menu doesn't display recent page history until second opening.

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