Mozilla Corporation’s free & open-source web browser, Mozilla Firefox gets a new stable release Firefox 53.0.2, which includes some fixes and changes.
Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser, which includes pop-up blocking, tab-browsing, integrated Google search, simplified privacy controls, and many additional features.
Overview:
Made with a mission to put you first
We’ve always designed Firefox to protect and respect your private information. That’s why we’re proud to be voted the Most Trusted Internet Company for Privacy.
Works the way you do
How you use the Web is unique. Firefox lets you change it to match. Remove what you don’t use, keep what you do and put it just about anywhere you want.
Faster at what you do most
Firefox was named the ”speed king” in independent benchmark and performance tests against other browsers. Save time and do just about anything quicker than before.
What’s new in Firefox 53.0.2 (May 5, 2017):
Fixed
- Make form validation errors and date picker panel visible to the user (Bug 1341190)
- Various security fixes
Downloads:
Firefox 53.0.2 for Windows | Firefox 64-bit | 50 MB
Firefox 53.0.2 for Linux | 64-bit | 55 MB
Firefox 53.0.2 for MacOS | 55.7 MB
What’s new in Firefox 53.0 (April 19, 2017):
New
- Improved graphics stability for Windows users with the addition of compositor process separation (Quantum Compositor)
- Two new ‘compact’ themes available in Firefox, dark and light, based on the Firefox Developer Edition theme
- Lightweight themes are now applied in private browsing windows
- Reader Mode now displays estimated reading time for the page
- Windows 7+ users on 64-bit OS can select 32-bit or 64-bit versions in the stub installer
Fixed
- Various security fixes
Changed
- Updated the design of site permission requests to make them harder to miss and easier to understand
- Windows XP and Vista are no longer supported. XP and Vista users running Firefox 52 will continue to receive security updates on Firefox ESR 52.
- 32-bit Mac OS X is no longer supported. 32-bit Mac OS X users can switch to Firefox ESR 52 to continue receiving security updates.
- Updates for Mac OS X are smaller in size compared to updates for Firefox 52
- The last few characters of shortened tab titles fade out instead of being replaced by ellipses to keep more of the title visible
- Ended Firefox Linux support for processors older than Pentium 4 and AMD Opteron
- New visual design for audio and video controls
Developers
- Support for WebM video with alpha, which allows playing videos with transparent backgrounds
- Changes for web developers