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Wednesday 1 January 2014

[Nightly Update] Mozilla Firefox 28.0 Comes With New Option to Launch it in Metro Mode

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NOTE: This article is updated whenever some interesting stuff is found in Nightly build of Mozilla Firefox web browser. So keep checking this page regularly.

Download Links: Nightly | Aurora | UX (latest UI improvements)

UPDATE 63:

Mozilla has added a new option in the latest Nightly 28 build to directly launch Firefox in Windows 8 style Metro mode as shown in following screenshot:

Firefox_Launch_Metro_Option.png

UPDATE 62:

The latest Nightly 28 build comes with 2 new options in toolbar context menu:

Add to MenuRemove from Toolbar

Add_Remove_Firefox_Toolbar_Buttons.png

These new options appear when you right-click on titlebar or toolbar.

"Add to Menu" option adds the toolbar button to "Customize and Control" menu previously known as orange Firefox button.

"Remove from Toolbar" option deletes the button from toolbar.

Nice and useful addition by Mozilla.

UPDATE 61:

The latest Nightly 28 build comes with a new Australis UI.

Mozilla_Firefox_AustralisUI.png

Check out our exclusive review of Australis UI:

[Review] The New "Australis" UI of Mozilla Firefox Web Browser

UPDATE 60:

UPDATE: The search bar has been moved back to bottom in newer builds.

Another interesting UI change in latest Nightly 25.0 build! Mozilla has moved the search bar to top in latest Nightly build. In previous Firefox versions, the search bar used to show at bottom but now it has been moved to top as shown in following screenshot:

Findbar_on_Top_Firefox.png

The search bar is used to find text in webpages. It can be accessed by pressing "Ctrl+F" keys together.

UPDATE 59:

The latest Nightly 25.0 build comes with new "Automatic Update" options which allow you to automatic update Firefox for Desktop as well as its Metro app for Windows 8.

Firefox_New_Automatic_Update_Options.png

UPDATE 58:

"Close Tabs to the Right" option is a useful feature present in Google Chrome web browser which allows users to close all tabs present at the right-side of the selected tab. This option was missing in Mozilla Firefox but now it has been added in the latest Nightly build.

Close_Right_Tabs_Firefox_Option.png

A confirmation dialog box is shown if you click on the option.

Thanks to our reader "Ahmad" for the update...

UPDATE 57:

Mozilla has released first alpha build of upcoming Firefox 24.0 version to the Nightly channel.

UPDATE 56:

The latest Nightly 23.0 build comes with a new bookmark icon in toolbar which lets you access bookmark options as well as allows you to instantly bookmark a page.

Firefox_Nightly_New_Bookmark_Icon.png

Thanks to our reader "Kyle" for the update...

UPDATE 55:

Recently in following article we told you that Mozilla is going to remove several unnecessary options from Firefox preferences window:

Mozilla to Remove Several Unnecessary Options from Firefox Preferences Window

In latest Nightly build Mozilla has removed the options to enable or disable SSL and TLS protocols. These options were present in "Advanced -> Encryption" tab of Firefox preferences window but now they are no longer present.

SSL_TLS_Protocol_Options_Removed_Firefox.png

UPDATE 54:

Mozilla has removed a few unnecessary options from Firefox 23.0 preferences window. More options will be removed in future builds.

Check out following topic for more details:

Mozilla to Remove Several Unnecessary Options from Firefox Preferences Window

UPDATE 53:

The latest Firefox 22.0 Nightly build comes with a new tab "Services" in Add-ons Manager (about:addons) which allows you to manage social API easily and quickly.

Services_Tab_Mozilla_Firefox_Addon_Manager.png

Thanks to our reader "Ahmad" for the update...

UPDATE 52:

Mozilla has released a testing build of its upcoming Metro version of Firefox for Windows 8. The latest Nightly build installs a new Metro version of Firefox in Windows 8 computers. You can launch and test it using the Start Screen in Windows 8.

Mozilla_Firefox_Metro_Version.png

You can read more about this version at following link:

How to Use Mozilla Firefox Metro Version in Windows 8?

UPDATE 51:

Latest Firefox 21.0 Nightly build comes with new options to customize tracking settings. When you open Nightly preferences, you see 3 new options in "Privacy" tab as shown in following screenshot:

Tracking_Settings_Firefox.png

Thanks to our reader "Ahmad" for the update...

UPDATE 50:

Latest Firefox 21.0 Nightly build adds a new option to the "New Tab" page which allows you to restore removed thumbnails to the page. Whenever you remove a thumbnail from new tab page, Firefox shows 2 new options: Undo and Restore all.

Restore_New_Tab_Page_Thumbnails_Mozilla_Firefox.png

You can restore the most recently removed thumbnail by clicking on "Undo" option. If you want to restore all removed thumbnails, click on "Restore All" option.

Thanks to our reader "Ahmad" for the update...

UPDATE 49:

Latest Firefox 21.0 Nightly build comes with a new tab "Data Choices" in Options window which allows you to customize privacy settings such as:

Enable or disable telemetryEnable or disable Firefox health reportEnable or disable crash reporter

New_Data_Choices_Option_Mozilla_Firefox.png

Mozilla has moved these options from "General" tab to this new tab. Thanks to our reader "a" for notifying us about this feature...

UPDATE 48:

With the release of new Firefox 18.0 stable version, Mozilla has released first alpha build of upcoming Firefox 21.0 version to the Nightly channel.

This new build features a new animation in download complete notification. When you download a file from Internet and the download completes, Firefox shows a new animation for the download manager icon present in the toolbar as shown in following image:

Firefox_Download_Complete_Notification_Animation.gif

We would also like to tell that Mozilla has replaced the old download manager window with a new downloads section which is shown using the built-in Library which also shows History and Bookmarks.

Thanks to our reader "a" for letting us know about the new animation...

UPDATE 47:

When you open Firefox in private browsing mode, it overwrites the existing window with the new private browsing window and you lose all the tabs which you were working on. But the latest Nightly build fixes this issue.

The current Firefox 20.0 Alpha build opens the private browsing session in a new window instead of overwriting your running session. So now you can have both normal session as well as private browsing session running at same time. Good move Mozilla...

UPDATE 46:

Mozilla Firefox 20.0 Alpha 1 build has been released and available for download. If you are already using nightly build, it'll automatically update it otherwise you can download it using the link mentioned at the top.

UPDATE 45:

The latest Alpha build of Mozilla Firefox 18.0 version also comes with a Metro version of Firefox specially designed for Windows 8 Start Screen.

Mozilla_Firefox_Metro_Version.png

If you are facing problems with Firefox Metro version in Windows 8, check out following article:

How to Use Mozilla Firefox Metro Version in Windows 8? Fix Metro App Launching Desktop Version

UPDATE 44:

Mozilla has released first Alpha build of Firefox 18.0. The most noticeable change in this new build is the come back of good old Download Manager. Mozilla has removed the new download manager and replaced it with the old classic download manager window.

Thanks to our reader "Bilal Haider" for the update...

UPDATE 43:

Mozilla has updated the "New Tab" page in the latest Nightly 17.0 build. Now a new "preload" function has been introduced which makes the "New Tab" page faster by preloading it in the background.

Currently the feature is under testing and users will need to manually enable it. To enable preload feature:

1. Open Firefox and type about:config in the addressbar and press Enter. It'll confirm, click on I'll be careful, I promise! button.

2. Now type preload in the Filter box and look for following boolean key:

browser.newtab.preload

3. The entry "browser.newtab.preload" would be set to false. Double-click on it or right-click on it and select "Toggle". It'll set its value to true.

Enable_Preloaded_New_Tab_Page_Mozilla_Firefox.png

4. That's it. It'll immediately enable preload function for "New Tab" page and it'll load much faster than before.

UPDATE 42:

Mozilla Firefox 17.0 Alpha 1 build has been released and available for download. If you are already using nightly build, it'll automatically update it otherwise you can download it using the link mentioned at the top.

Thanks to our reader "Bilal Haider" for the quick update...

UPDATE 41:

Mozilla Firefox 16.0 Alpha 1 build has been released and available for download. If you are already using nightly build, it'll automatically update it otherwise you can download it using the link mentioned at the top.

UPDATE 40:

Mozilla has made 2 noticeable changes in latest Firefox 15.0 nightly build.

First change is the removal of "Tabs on Top" option. Now you no longer get this option when you right-click on toolbar or select "Toolbars" menu in Menubar. So you'll have to keep the tab bar on top even if you don't like it.

Second change is the re-allocation of "Don't load tabs until selected" option in Firefox Preferences window. In previous versions of Firefox, this option was present in "General" tab of Preferences window but now it has been moved to "Tabs" tab so that all settings related to tabs are present in a single place.

PS: If you are using the Nightly build and want to get tabs on bottom, you can do that using an easy about:config trick:

How to Put Tabs Back on Bottom in Mozilla Firefox?

Thanks to our reader "TheAslan" for sharing this trick...

UPDATE 39:

Finally Mozilla has finalized the "Silent Background Update" feature in Firefox. The latest Firefox 15.0 nightly build comes with this new feature enabled. Now when you install an update in Firefox and restarts it to apply the update, Firefox no longer takes too much time to install the update and no longer shows any screen such as "Installing update...". Now the update is installed in background while you are using Firefox.

UPDATE 38:

Latest Firefox 15.0 Nightly build comes with new InContent Preferences feature which shows Firefox Preferences as web page in separate tab. Check out following topic for more info with screenshots:

How to Enable New InContent Preferences Feature in Mozilla Firefox Nightly Build?

UPDATE 37:

Mozilla Firefox 15.0 Alpha 1 build has been released and available for download. If you are already using nightly build, it'll automatically update it otherwise you can download it using the link mentioned at the top.

Thanks to our reader "TheAslan" for the update...

UPDATE 36:

Latest Firefox 14.0 Nightly build comes with a new simple website security certificate icon in addressbar as shown in following screenshot:

New_Website_Icon_Firefox_Addressbar.png

Thanks to our reader "Kyle" for the update...

UPDATE 35:

Latest Firefox 14.0 Nightly build comes with new re-designed "Download Manager". Now when a download starts, a new "Downloads" icon appears in Navigation toolbar which shows progress of download as shown in following screenshot:

New_Firefox_Download_Manager.png

Alternatively you can access the download manager using "Ctrl+J" keyboard shortcut.

Thanks to AskVG reader "Ahmad" for the update...

PS: If you don't like this new download manager and want to switch back to old one, you can use following steps:

1. Open Firefox and type about:config in the addressbar and press Enter. It'll confirm, click on I'll be careful, I promise! button.

2. Now type ToolkitUI in the Filter box and look for following boolean key:

browser.download.useToolkitUI

3. The entry "browser.download.useToolkitUI" would be set to false. Double-click on it or right-click on it and select "Toggle". It'll set its value to true.

4. That's it. Now you'll be able to enjoy the classic download manager in a separate window instead of the new one.

UPDATE 34:

As mentioned in UPDATE 22, recently Mozilla re-designed built-in image viewer in Firefox and put a dark background when you directly view an image.

Now in the latest Firefox 14.0 Nightly build, Mozilla has again re-designed the image viewer and replaced dark background with a new textured background as shown in following screenshot:

New_Textured_Image_Background_Mozilla_Firefox.png

What do you think about this change? Looking better?

UPDATE 33:

The latest Firefox 14.0 nightly build comes with new Script Debugger which is disabled by default. You can enable it using following steps:

1. Open Firefox and type about:config in the addressbar and press Enter. It'll confirm, click on I'll be careful, I promise! button.

2. Now type debugger in the Filter box and look for following boolean key:

devtools.debugger.enabled

3. The entry "devtools.debugger.enabled" would be set to false. Double-click on it or right-click on it and select "Toggle". It'll set its value to true.

4. That's it. Now you can access this new Script Debugger using "Web Developer" menu or using "Ctrl+Shift+S" hotkey.

Firefox_Script_Debugger.png

Thanks to our reader "Carbonize" for this info...

UPDATE 32:

The latest Firefox 14.0 nightly build comes with built-in PDF reader. By default its disabled, but you can enable it using following method:

1. Open about:config and type pdfjs in the Filter box and look for following boolean key:

pdfjs.disabled

2. The entry "pdfjs.disabled" would be set to true. Double-click on it or right-click on it and select "Toggle". It'll set its value to false.

3. That's it. Now whenever you'll visit a webpage containing a pdf file, Firefox will open it in its own built-in PDF reader.

This built-in PDF reader uses HTML5 to display PDF files directly in Firefox browser.

Thanks to our reader "Carbonize" for the update...

UPDATE 31:

We told you yesterday that Mozilla is working on a new homepage design and the good news is that the new homepage has been put in the latest nightly 14.0 alpha build.

Following is a preview of this new homepage in action:

Mozilla_Firefox_New_Homepage.png

The new homepage is very useful and provides quick access to Bookmarks Manager, History Manager, Settings, Add-ons Manager, Downloads Manager and Sync. It also contains Google search box as usual.

Thanks to our reader "Ahmad" for the update...

UPDATE 30:

Mozilla has added a new "Reset to Default State" button in latest nightly build which can be used to restore Firefox to factory settings.

Read more info at following link:

Mozilla to Add "Reset to Default State" Button to Firefox Browser

UPDATE 29:

Mozilla has once again redesigned "New Tab" page in the latest nightly build of Firefox 14.0. Now "New Tab" page looks far better compared to the previous one mentioned in Update 27.

The background color has been changed, also the page title doesn't overlap the website thumbnail. Its shown below the thumbnail which makes the whole "New Tab" page looking cleaner.

Following is a screenshot of this redesigned "New Tab" page in action:

Mozilla_Firefox_13_Nightly_New_Tab_Page.png

Thanks to our reader "darkprop" for the update...

UPDATE 28:

Mozilla has added a new secret "about:compartments" page in latest nightly build of Firefox 13.0 version. You can access this secret page by just typing about:compartments in Firefox addressbar and press Enter.

About_Compartments_Page_Mozilla_Firefox.png

This new page shows a list of all live JS compartments. If you don't know, compartments are little segments of memory which is used by JavaScripts in Mozilla Firefox. Mozilla's idea behind adding this new page was to make detection of zombie compartments as simple as possible. Zombie compartments are a kind of memory leak. In previous versions, you had to use about:memory page to find out zombie compartments which was a little bit complicated but now addition of this new about:compartments page makes it easier.

This page shows all running websites compartments separate from system compartments.

It also contains a "More verbose" link which can be used to show truncated URLs in full.

UPDATE 27:

The latest Mozilla Firefox 13.0 Alpha build comes with redesigned "New Tab" page enabled by default. Recently the new tab page appeared in an alpha build but Mozilla removed it from later builds. But now the new tab page is back.

New_Tab_Page_Mozilla_Firefox.png

Thanks to our reader "TheAslan" for the update...

NOTE: Previous updates have been removed to reduce database overhead.

PS: If any of your favorite extensions is not working in this nightly build, you can use instructions given in following topic:

How to Fix Broken Incompatible Extensions in Firefox, Make Them Compatible With Newer Versions





Posted by: Vishal Gupta | Categories: Mozilla Firefox


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CommentsAhmad

Services in about:addons got new icon and also added option for uninstallation of services.

Kyle

latest Nightly has a new, redesigned bookmark icon

Kyle

^^the new bookmark icon also allows for a easy one-click bookmark.

Ahmad

Added new Click to enable form on Plugins in about:addons (Plugins) section..

TheAslan

How to enable Hardware accelerated H.264 playback in Firefox:

1. about:config

2. Then search this line:

media.windows-media-foundation.use-dxva

3. Set its value to True

4. Done

Carbonize

Not sure if it's new or I just didn't see it before but on a page using Flash the icon to the left of the URL bar changes to the Plug In icon and clicking it gives you the option to disable Flash on that site.

Ahmad

Find Bar in Windows and all other OS has now enhanced UI and now only works per tab basis.

Strauss

Just new here guys. Mr. VG and the gang, can someone cite to me what is this Nightly stuff and what is the difference of this mozilla in stable ones?

Regards,

Strauss

VG

^^ Please check following:

http://www.askvg.com/mozilla-updates-firefox-update-channels-nightly-aurora-beta-and-release/

TheAslan

Flash plugin replacement Shumway lands in Firefox Nightly soon.

TheAslan

Shumway has landed to the latest Firefox Nightly 27, just open about:config and then search this:

shumway.disabled

Then just change its value from False to True.

TheAslan

Lol, I meant that set its value from True to False....

Ahmad

I don't know whether this change is from Nightly code side or from AMO, but when you open addons.mozilla.org and open doorhanger for security certification information, now you can enable and disable permission to allow installation for addons right from doorhanger.

Also Mozilla added new help icon in doorhanger clearing info regarding last security badges and connections.

Also you can now get last three days crash IDs right from about:support.

Ahmad

Addon-styled In Content preferences are now in mozilla-central although disabled by default but now look is changed.

TheAslan

Australis landing on Firefox Nightly on Monday.

TheAslan

@ AskVG,

You really should update this topic because there's shumway feature which is not mentioned in this topic.

Kyle

Link proving theAslan's point:

neowin.net/news/mozilla-firefox-australis-to-bring-ui-enhancements-to-the-browser

and FINALLY I CANT WAIT. I LOVE FIREFOX NIGHTLY.

Ahmad

Australis UI is now in Nightly.

sohail

after nightly australi's UI update , nothing is displayed on the web page just tabs show that the website is open....

please help me how to fix this problem

VG

^^ Did you try to clear cache and cookies?

rismawan

why they (mozilla) didn't add two version of the app, one for start and one for desktop.

Kyle

latest Nightly update includes "Firefox Touch" menu in Bookmark menu

TheAslan

The new VP9 codec developed by Google and already integrated into Google Chrome will be arriving on Mozilla Firefox soon.

The VP9 codec has been in the works for quite some time, and Google promises that it will deliver better compression for the same bandwidth and better CPU/GPU utilization.

That being said, it was only a matter of time until other parties started to adopt it, and now it's time for Mozilla to officially make the necessary steps to implement it.

As it stands right now, the Firefox 28 users will be the first to experience full support for VP9, which is set to arrive on March 18, 2014.

TheAslan

Mozilla Firefox Nightly 29.0a1 released.

Addy

Hey VG , saw firefox-29.0a1.en-US.win32.zip on the ftp site.....

VG

Yes but nothing special to mention.

TheAslan

Do not forcefully force incompatible Add-on to work with the latest Firefox Nightly x86 because it will freeze your whole computer completely, it did that for me multiple times, so I had to push down the power button to be able to turn off my computer.

TheAslan

Now this is annoying, when I use Firefox Nightly x86/x64 and Chromium 34 it will freeze my whole computer completely, so I have to push down the power button to be able to turn off my computer, and this happens only with those 2 browsers.

When I use Maxthon this never happens.

Why this happens to me?

TheAslan

Forgot to mention that I have beta version of Flash Player.

Can you guys please try the latest Firefox Nightly and beta version of Flash Player it this same thing happens to you also.

Beta FP here:

labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer.html

TheAslan

Tested with stable version of FP and same thing happened, freezed my whole computer yet again.

TheAslan

Tested with FP disabled, same thing happened.

Browsers tested:

Firefox Nightly 29.0a1 x64/x86/UX
Chromium 34

Conclusion:

Browser freezes and it might freeze the whole computer.

VG

^^ I'm using latest Nightly build as usual and I installed beta version of Flash player as suggested by you, no problem here. Everything is working fine.

TheAslan

Removed Chromium completely and re-installed, after a while my whole computer freezed. This time I minimzed Chromium and heureka, my computer freezed.

This is so frustrating since I have no idea what is causing this, is it Windows itself or browser itself or is my hardware failing.

Or maybe it's Adblock Plus fault, I think that I don't have too many filters in use though, Maxthon doesn't have a adblocker yet, so maybe that's why it does not freeze like Firefox and Chromium does, though Firefox freezed without any Add-ons and with default settings.

Here's a screenshot about my Adblock Plus filters:

imgur.com/IPVBNxG

Here's Chromium build I'm using:

commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-snapshots/Win/242446/mini_installer.exe

VG

^^ Yeah. It might be adblock problem.

TheAslan

I did a clean install, and I even changed the antivirus from Avast I to Bitdefender IS, and I reduced the size of Adblock Plus filters.

But funny thing is that my Firefox freezed without any Add-ons and with default settings just after install was over and it launched for the first time.

I'm not sure if there's something to do with the GPU driver, maybe the latest browsers doesn't know how to handle older versions, in my case 320.49.

Even more funny thing is that Maxthon is not freezing, and I even tested IE 11 with Adblock Plus beta and it didn't freeze, IE 11 is actually pretty good browser.

Andre Christian

^^ Have you tried to completely uninstall Firefox using following tutorial?
http://www.askvg.com/how-to-completely-uninstall-remove-a-software-program-in-windows-without-using-3rd-party-software/

TheAslan

When I first time tested Firefox it was after a clean install, so it was a fresh and clean Firefox install.

TheAslan

Forgot to mention that I think that it was Avast fault, if I recall these freezing bugs started after the latest Avast version, when I used older 2013 version I didn't have freezing bugs, now I'm using Bitdefender and so far so good, no freezing.

I do have to test this properly before making the final decision, if it really is Avast fault.

TheAslan

Here's actually a topic about this issue:

forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=142964.0

When Avast freezes your computer, and Firefox also.

TheAslan

Did you know that there's also Firefox Holly available without Australis GUI. It's like Firefox Nightly but without Australis.

rcmero

@TheAslan: Chrome, right? Then you should get AdBlock. It's a completely different extension and it also blocks ads pretty well. It's also available for Opera too.

TheAslan

I'm using Adblock Plus Developer version now and no freezing.

I think Avast caused this freezing bug.

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