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* Firefox 67 is in the Nightly channel and ships to our stable release on May 14th. Over the last week there have been nearly 600 bugs resolved as fixed including these notable changes: | * Firefox 67 is in the Nightly channel and ships to our stable release on May 14th. Over the last week there have been nearly 600 bugs resolved as fixed including these notable changes: | ||
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=675539 Firefox on Windows will now automatically unload tabs in low memory situations.] Tabs are discarded in least recently used order. First to be discarded are regular tabs, then pinned tabs, then tabs playing audio, then pinned tabs playing audio. | ** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=675539 Firefox on Windows will now automatically unload tabs in low memory situations.] Tabs are discarded in least recently used order. First to be discarded are regular tabs, then pinned tabs, then tabs playing audio, then pinned tabs playing audio. | ||
** For quick access to saved logins, the password manager autocomplete pop-up [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1189618 now has a "View Saved Logins" item.] | ** For quick access to saved logins, the password manager autocomplete pop-up [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1189618 now has a "View Saved Logins" item.] | ||
** GeckoView [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1518841 allows embedders to load WebExtensions such as content scripts.] This may be used by GeckoView apps for features like ad blocking and reader mode. | ** GeckoView [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1518841 allows embedders to load WebExtensions such as content scripts.] This may be used by GeckoView apps for features like ad blocking and reader mode. | ||
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** Gecko now has support for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1529836 capping the maximum life-time of client-side cookies.] This is a feature Safari already has and may be useful as sites begin to work around tracker cookie blocking. | ** Gecko now has support for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1529836 capping the maximum life-time of client-side cookies.] This is a feature Safari already has and may be useful as sites begin to work around tracker cookie blocking. | ||
** Firefox now includes an [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1488845 about:compat page which lists active site patches.] These are the patches managed by Firefox's webcompat system addon. | ** Firefox now includes an [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1488845 about:compat page which lists active site patches.] These are the patches managed by Firefox's webcompat system addon. | ||
** A 17 year old bug [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148794 #148794, document.write into iframe adds entries into session history] was fixed by BZ's patches at [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1489308 bug 1489308, Align document.open() with overhauled spec.] document.open no longer adds session history entries. | |||
== 2019-02-25 == | == 2019-02-25 == | ||