Firefox 13.0.1 introduces the following new features, security updates and fixes
- FIXED – Windows Messenger did not load in Hotmail, and the Hotmail inbox did not auto-update (764546, fixed in 13.0.1)
- FIXED – Hebrew text sometimes rendered incorrectly (756850, fixed in 13.0.1)
- FIXED – Flash 11.3 sometimes caused a crash on quit (747683, fixed in 13.0.1)
- NEW – When opening a new tab, users are now presented with their most visited pages
- NEW – The default home page now has quicker access to bookmarks, history, settings, and more
- CHANGED – SPDY protocol now enabled by default for faster browsing on supported sites
- CHANGED – Restored background tabs are not loaded by default for faster startup
- CHANGED – Smooth scrolling is now enabled by default
- DEVELOPER – 72 total improvements to Page Inspector, HTML panel, Style Inspector, Scratchpad and Style Editor
- DEVELOPER – The column-fill CSS property has been implemented
- DEVELOPER – Experimental support for ECMAScript 6 Map and Set objects has been implemented
- DEVELOPER – Support for the CSS3 background-position property extended syntax has been added
- DEVELOPER – The :invalidpseudo-class can now be applied to the element
- DEVELOPER – The CSS turn <angle> unit is now supported
- SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-40 Buffer overflow and use-after-free issues found using Address Sanitizer
- SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-39 NSS parsing errors with zero length items
- SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-38 Use-after-free while replacing/inserting a node in a document
- SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-37 Information disclosure though Windows file shares and shortcut files
- SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-36 Content Security Policy inline-script bypass
- SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-35 Privilege escalation through Mozilla Updater and Windows Updater Service
- SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-34 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards
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