Firefox3/M7/ReleaseNotes: Difference between revisions

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== Firefox ==
== Firefox ==
* Master password
** A bug was found in NSS code, which results in master password changes being improperly handled. The preferences UI to change and enable/disable the master password has been disabled to avoid triggering the problem. ({{bug|390451}}). Extensions which perform these operations should not be used with M7.
* Mac-specific
* Mac-specific
** Context menus are far less buggy. We have checked in fixes for almost every serious context menu bug.
** Context menus are far less buggy. We have checked in fixes for almost every serious context menu bug.
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* Shutdown Performance
* Shutdown Performance
** Users that keep a browser history longer than the default may experience a significant delay on first-shutdown, as the history table is rebuilt to fix {{bug|371800}}. This should not affect users that have not changed their history preference from the default (9 days). More information is available in {{bug|319455}}.
** Users that keep a browser history longer than the default may experience a significant delay on first-shutdown, as the history table is rebuilt to fix {{bug|371800}}. This should not affect users that have not changed their history preference from the default (9 days). More information is available in {{bug|319455}}.
* Master password
** A bug in this release makes it so changing the master password will cause Firefox to forget all saved passwords ({{bug|390451}}). Workaround: change the master password back to the original.
* Privacy / History
* Privacy / History
** Remembering visited pages default changed from 9 days to 180 days ({{bug|332748}}).
** Remembering visited pages default changed from 9 days to 180 days ({{bug|332748}}).
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