Firefox 31.0

Firefox&#x27;s developer tools are really becoming great. &quot;Copy as CURL&quot; for the network tab was something in chrome that I really missed. Box model view which was super handy is now editable. Console showing stack traces along errors was long due. New Canvas debugger, eyedropper are very handy.<p>Font viewer, responsive design tools, the 3d view (very handy in debugging silly box model issues) and highlight painted area mode (handy in optimizing visualizations) are all things I love that I haven&#x27;t been able to find good analogues for in other browsers.

&gt; Block malware from downloaded files<p>Hi, Google. Would you just look at what I downloaded!

They removed browser.tabs.closeButtons. It&#x27;s now impossible to hide the close buttons without css fiddling. I don&#x27;t get it. What benefit is there to removing that feature?<p>Same with clearing the download list. They removed that feature with the last major UI overhaul.<p>The number of tiny addons I have to install just to get features back that have been removed for no reason at all is starting to get too large...

Nice to see CSS vars shipping.<p>Chrome had an experimental version, but removed it for performance reasons:<p><a href="https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!topic/blink-dev/ScKw9zYRkBc" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;groups.google.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;chromium.org&#x2F;forum&#x2F;#!topic&#x2F;blink...</a>

The only thing I want from Firefox is to stop freezing completely when a single tab goes crazy. It just makes the whole experience feel clunky compared to Chrome.<p>Usually it happens with Gmail so maybe there is a conspiracy there to drive adoption for Chrome :p

I think this release is even more exciting for Android[1].<p>- Ability to re-order existing panels in browser homescreen - Added ability to refresh synced tabs on demand<p>1 - <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/31.0/releasenotes/" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mozilla.org&#x2F;en-US&#x2F;mobile&#x2F;31.0&#x2F;releasenotes&#x2F;</a>

Changes for developers: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Releases/31" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;developer.mozilla.org&#x2F;en-US&#x2F;Firefox&#x2F;Releases&#x2F;31</a>

In Firefox 29 I continued to see weird font rendering issues on Windows 8.1. So much so, that I can&#x27;t use FF on Windows right now. I don&#x27;t see the same issues with Mavericks. Has anyone else experienced this and does it continue into this version?

It&#x27;s possible turnoff search field on the new tab page?

Wasn&#x27;t that <i>Firefox is already running</i> bug supposed to be resolved by Firefox 30.0?<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7873779" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=7873779</a>

<a href="http://monica-at-mozilla.blogspot.it/2014/07/download-files-more-safely-with-firefox.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;monica-at-mozilla.blogspot.it&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;download-files-...</a><p>&quot;What happens when you download malware? Firefox checks URLs associated with the download against a local Safe Browsing blocklist. If the binary is signed, Firefox checks the verified signature against a local allowlist of known good publishers. If no match is found, Firefox 32 and later queries the Safe Browsing service with download metadata (NB: this happens only on Windows, because signature verification APIs to suppress remote lookups are only available on Windows). In case malware is detected, the Download Manager will block access to the downloaded file and remove it from disk, displaying an error in the Downloads Panel below.<p>How can I turn this feature off? This feature respects the existing Safe Browsing preference for malware detection, so if you’ve already turned that off, there’s nothing further to do. Below is a screenshot of the new, beautiful in-content preferences (Preferences &gt; Security) with all Safe Browsing integration turned off. I strongly recommend against turning off malware detection, but if you decide to do so, keep in mind that phishing detection also relies on Safe Browsing.&quot;

Seems like a modest but welcome release.<p>The MathML torture test shoes some very nice progress[1] but makes me ask myself once again, why do TeX fonts always look like crap? Isn&#x27;t that the one thing that TeX should get right? Anyway, at least they look great as rendered by Firefox 31.<p>[1] <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/MathML_Project/MathML_Torture_Test" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;developer.mozilla.org&#x2F;en-US&#x2F;docs&#x2F;Mozilla&#x2F;MathML_Proj...</a>

&gt;WebVTT implemented and enabled<p>Finally! I&#x27;ve been waiting for this. This means we can drop the polyfill on MediaCrush soon. I&#x27;m also pretty excited about the add-on debugger.

I want to use Firefox (OS X), and with almost every release I give it a go but it&#x27;s simply too slow in comparison to Chrome.<p>I&#x27;m talking about actions you do multiple times an hour - opening a new tab, closing a tab, rearranging tabs etc.<p>This is with no extensions in use, on a mid-2011 fully specced out macbook air.<p>It&#x27;s unfortunate but the lag is clear and I can&#x27;t use it as my primary when I know a better solution is right in front of me, that being Chrome.

Seriously... when can I have shumway in the regular builds? It&#x27;s in the nightly builds since... like forever o_O

Very excited to see hash-source being implemented and enabled. This means you can load files from a CDN and have their integrity checked by the client so the CDN cannot trick the user.<p>Hope to see this land in Chrome.

Does this fix the 1080p option not showing up on youtube problem?

Generational garbage collection didn&#x27;t make it into release? I kept seeing it in the 31.0beta release notes.

I thought it was downloaded, but there is no evidence of it anywhere that I even got the file. Great program.

I&#x27;m super excited about the add-on debugger- I should go back and check out the add on sdk again.

Where did the Shadow Dom support go?

When are we getting 32beta?

Looks like some nice improvements. Interested in this canvas debugger...

Is this the version where we can export our bookmarks in android?

Did this remove the horrendous Australis UI?

...and FF finally caught up with IE and Chrome habit of reporting every single URL you visit&#x2F;download to check for malware.<p>Since there is no free-lunch, i&#x27;m pretty sure the people running those services are mining that data for advertising or something. I know google is with chrome. Malware protection and translator services phoning home on every page, and pre-fetch adding the links you haven&#x27;t clicked yet to that list...

Did they certify to the community that no Christians were involved in developing this version? How can we be sure this is an intolerance-free product?