Firefox 19 is now available for download from the team at Mozilla. The new web browser version was released for the masses on Tuesday and brings with it a new feature, several bug fixes, and a few platform changes.
The biggest addition for the new platform is the inclusion of a built-in PDF viewer, a specific function found on other browsers that has been sorely missing for Firefox users.
Firefox 19 can be downloaded from the company’s FTP Server .
Mozilla offers the Firefox browser at no cost to customers and typically millions of updates are completed within 24 hours of a new Firefox desktop browser release.
Here is a list of new features, changes, and fixes for Firefox 19 according to Mozilla’s beta release notes:
– NEW: Built-in PDF viewer. – CHANGED: Canvas elements can export their content as an image blob using canvas.toBlob(). – CHANGED: Startup performance improvements (bugs 715402 and 756313). – DEVELOPER: Debugger now supports pausing on exceptions and hiding non-enumerable properties. – DEVELOPER: Remote Web Console is available for connecting to Firefox on Android or Firefox OS (experimental, set devtools.debugger.remote-enabled to true). – DEVELOPER: There is now a Browser Debugger available for add-on and browser developers (experimental, set devtools.chrome.enabled to true). – DEVELOPER: Web Console CSS links now open in the Style Editor. – HTML5: CSS @page is now supported. – HTML5: CSS viewport-percentage length units implemented (vh, vw, vmin and vmax). – HTML5: CSS text-transform now supports full-width. – FIXED: Starting Firefox with -private flag incorrectly claims you are not in Private Browsing mode (802274).
Firefox developers are currently working on various projects outside of the company’s standard web browser. For example, a Google Android OS browser is in the works.
Developers are also believed to be working on a new touch-optimized version of the Firefox internet browser, which will take design ques from the Windows 8 platform.
Give Firefox 19 a try and let us know what you think of the company’s newest addition and improvements.