Check out "What's New" and "Known Issues" for this version of Firefox below. As always, you're encouraged to tell us what you think, or file a bug in Bugzilla.

We'd also like extend a special thank you to all of the new Mozillians who contributed to Firefox 23!


What's New

  • FIXED
    23.0.1 - Rendering glitches on H.264 video only in FF23 on Vista (901944)
  • FIXED
    23.0.1 - Spellchecking broken with non-ASCII characters in profile path (902532)
  • FIXED
    23.0.1 - Audio static/"burble"/breakup in Firefox to Firefox WebRTC calls (901527)
  • NEW
    Mixed content blocking enabled to protects users from man-in-the-middle attacks and eavesdroppers on HTTPS pages (learn more)
  • NEW
    Options panel created for Web Developer Toolbox
  • CHANGED
    "Enable JavaScript" preference checkbox has been removed and user-set values will be reset to the default
  • CHANGED
    Updated Firefox Logo
  • CHANGED
    Improved about:memory's functional UI
  • CHANGED
    Simplified interface for notifications of plugin installation
  • CHANGED
    Enabled DXVA2 on Windows Vista+ to accelerate H.264 video decoding
  • CHANGED
    Users can now switch to a new search provider across the entire browser
  • CHANGED
    CSP policies using the standard syntax and semantics will now be enforced
  • CHANGED
    "Load images automatically" and Always show the tab bar" checkboxes removed from preferences and reset to defaults. Want to hide one tab? Try this add-on.
  • CHANGED
    <input type='file'> rendering improvements (see bug 838675)
  • DEVELOPER
    HTML5 <input type="range"> form control implemented
  • DEVELOPER
    Implemented a global browser console
  • DEVELOPER
    Social share functionality
  • DEVELOPER
    Added unprefixed requestAnimationFrame
  • DEVELOPER
    Write more accessible pages on touch interfaces with new ARIA role for key buttons
  • DEVELOPER
    Dropped blink effect from text-decoration: blink; and completely removed <blink> element
  • DEVELOPER
    New feature in toolbox: Network Monitor
  • FIXED
    Various security fixes

Known Issues

  • Unresolved
    Moving Firefox to background while playing a flash video in full screen mode and bring it back to view will freeze the app (see 809055)
  • Unresolved
    Replace fixed-ratio audio resampler in webrtc.org capture code with Speex resampler and eliminate pseudo-44000Hz rate (see 886886)
    Unresolved on v22 Resolved in v24
  • Unresolved
    If you try to start Firefox using a locked profile, it will crash (see 573369)

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