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<tr><th>Specific features</th>
<tr><th>Specific features</th>
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; SRV RR Support
* Add support for (minimally) _http._tcp, _ftp._tcp, preferably all protocols supported by Firefox
This feature request was added to Mozilla in 1999...
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[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14328 SRV RR Support]
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Right now Firefox just assumes sRGB everywhere. The only color managed browser so far is Safari, so this feature would surely set FF apart.
Right now Firefox just assumes sRGB everywhere. The only color managed browser so far is Safari, so this feature would surely set FF apart.
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[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16769 ICC image profile support]
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* Improve PDF support and handling (Built in PDF viewer with support for more exotic features like forms, javascript, etc.)
* Improve PDF support and handling (Built in PDF viewer with support for more exotic features like forms, javascript, etc.)
* Save page as PDF
* Save page as PDF
* Add support for viewing ODF. It might be possible to get save-as ODF format if Cairo ever supports this.
* Improve Java support
* Improve Java support
* Add support for SFTP and FISH (SSH2)
* Add support for SFTP and FISH (SSH2)
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* If no plug-in is installed, Firefox should redirect to a Firefox plug-in site which will lead the user to the correct plug-in, rather than waste time on a website which only has Windows or IE plug-ins.
* If no plug-in is installed, Firefox should redirect to a Firefox plug-in site which will lead the user to the correct plug-in, rather than waste time on a website which only has Windows or IE plug-ins.
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See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162659 bug 162659]
[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162659 Save page as PDF]
[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114376 ODF support]
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;Enhance support for HTML successor formats
*Improve support for HTML successor formats like SVG, XForms and XHTML-Forms. I know, that there is already SVG support, but it is still not possible to mix SVG and XHTML in every way you would like to.
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See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208385 bug 208385]
See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208385 bug 208385]
[https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/684/ Fully integrated ftp client for Firefox](Firefox Extension - FireFTP by Mime Cuvalo)
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* DJVU <sup>6</sup>
* DJVU <sup>6</sup>
* ANI for <code>cursor: url(''example''.ani), ...</code>
* ANI for <code>cursor: url(''example''.ani), ...</code>
** should be at least as cross-platform as CUR support is now
* APNG <sup>8</sup>
* APNG <sup>8</sup>
** should be at least as cross-platform as CUR support is now
* Save page as image, this should save a complete page as an image just like a screenshot does. Optionally attach the image directly to a new e-mail.  
* Save page as image, this should save a complete page as an image just like a screenshot does. Optionally attach the image directly to a new e-mail.  
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<sup>7</sup> [http://dev.hyperstruct.net/xmpp4moz XMPP For Mozilla]<br />
<sup>7</sup> [http://dev.hyperstruct.net/xmpp4moz XMPP For Mozilla]<br />
<sup>8</sup> [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=257263 bug #257263]<br />
<sup>8</sup> [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=257263 bug #257263]<br />
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;Image type finder
* Assists in finding optional image format plugins and imagelib extensions, which could be used to display MNG, JPEG2000, and TIFF images.
</td><td>[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18574#c672 bug 18574 comment 672]
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See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167303 bug 167303] and dependent bugs.
See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167303 bug 167303] and dependent bugs.
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; Unicode plane-1 support
* Add support for the Unicode Consortium plane-1 standard natively.
* This is useful for many business applications including support for MathML[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/mathml/fonts/].
* Many browsers already support this.
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;Internal audio
* Support playing simple audio formats without the use of a helper application
</td><td>[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92110 bug 92110]
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<tr><th colspan="2">Flash</th></tr>
<tr><th colspan="2">Flash</th></tr>
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<tr><th colspan="2">Networking, HTTP/1.1</th></tr>
<tr><th colspan="2">Networking, HTTP/1.1</th></tr>
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Please, improve support for special web pages with tens or hundreds of big images (201901); this means to be able:
; HTTP
<ul>
* Please, improve support for special web pages with tens or hundreds of big images (201901); this means to be able:
<li>to set a parameter about available bandwidth: modem 14Kbit, 28Kbit, 56Kbit, ADSL1/2 256Kbit, 512Kbit, 640Kbit, 1Mbit, 2Mbit, 4Mbit, 10Mbit, 20Mbit, 40Mbit, 100Mbit, etc.;</li>
** to set a parameter about available bandwidth: modem 14Kbit, 28Kbit, 56Kbit, ADSL1/2 256Kbit, 512Kbit, 640Kbit, 1Mbit, 2Mbit, 4Mbit, 10Mbit, 20Mbit, 40Mbit, 100Mbit, etc.;
<li>or to set other new parameters in preferences (GUI) about max. number of pipelined requests, whether to close connections as soon as all objects (images, etc.) have been retrieved (server friendly), etc.</li>
** or to set other new parameters in preferences (GUI) about max. number of pipelined requests, whether to close connections as soon as all objects (images, etc.) have been retrieved (server friendly), etc.
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* If possible make HTTP/1.1 pipelining support a bit smarter too (bug 329977).
If possible make HTTP/1.1 pipelining support a bit smarter too (329977).
*Please make use of the Content-Length header to identify incomplete HTTP transfers; GMail, especially, breaks when a .js file is half-downloaded. (bug 225275)


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See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201910 bug 201910]
See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201910 bug 201910]
See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329777 bug 329777]
See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329777 bug 329977]
See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=225275 bug 225275]
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<tr><th colspan="2">Developing</th></tr>
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; Version Control System
* SVN/CVS/Git support
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; External Web Apps
* Open arbitrary mime-type using a webservice
* We need a better title for such an obvious feature
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See [http://wiki.mozilla.org/User:Fulldecent]
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