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== 2017-08-07 == | |||
* Firefox 55 ships to release tomorrow! | |||
** [https://screenshots.firefox.com/ Firefox Screenshots] is the major front end feature shipping out in Firefox 55. It's going to be a gradual roll-out so not everyone will see it on release day. | |||
** WebVR is the major platform feature shipping in Firefox 55. Firefox users with an HTC VIVE or Oculus Rift headset will be able to experience VR content on the Web. | |||
** Other Firefox 55 features include dramatic improvements to restoring a crazy numbers of tabs, an option to fine-tune your browser performance with e10s multi settings, click to activate Flash Player, search suggestions in the Awesomebar enabled by default, a modernized update system, and a streamlined Windows stub installer that installs Firefox 64 bit by default for users on 64 bit systems. | |||
*Firefox 56 ships to release on September 26th. | |||
** Major features coming in Firefox 56 include an Activity Stream powered New Tab Page, searching in an all new Preferences organization, paused auto-play in background tabs, out of process web extensions, and a smaller and more secure update download. | |||
* Firefox 57 ships to release on November 14th. | |||
** The major front end change in 57 is the Photon UI refresh. You can see it in the latest nightly builds. Other changes coming to 57 include performance enhancing Quantum features and bug fixes, and the sun-setting of legacy extensions. | |||
== 2017-07-31 == | == 2017-07-31 == | ||
* Firefox 55, now in Beta, ships to release on August 8th, a week from tomorrow. | * Firefox 55, now in Beta, ships to release on August 8th, a week from tomorrow. | ||