v47.2

Significant and recommended bug fix release comparted to 47.1, with extended compatibility.
Freetype and Fontconfig fixes now help Wikipedia pages display correctly! No black boxes.

• fixes fontconfig compatibility issues (closes #258)
• in-tree building now supports BigEndian dat file allowing native build with in-tree ICU e.g. on PowerPC (closes #312 #203 )
• upgraded freetype.
• fixes to graphics, GL and acceleration
• compatibility with OpenGL 4.6 (#314)
• several network security issues
• Almost complete Alpine Linux support

Big news for the Rare platforms groups. This is the first release ever that starts and works on NetBSD Sparc64 and supports current Linux Debian PPC!

Despite rumours, support for MacOS 10.6 is kept on both 32bit & 64bit. Actually, WebGL is again quite smooth on 10.6 & 10.7 and does not flicker deadly anymore. Also WebRTC with webcam supported.

For a full log of fixes and Mozilla imported patches: (v47.1...v47.2)

If you get the forever spinning wheel because you are not using a super-power browser, like ArcticFox itself (thanks, GitHub), follow this link: 47.2 Assets

v47.1

• extensive DevTools updates with bug fixes
• build system updates
• many fixes and updates in dom, layout, media, network, multimedia
• enhancements in printing
• updates in gtk2/gtk3
• security updates
• plugin fixes, but also first plugin restrictions, following Firefox, if plugin.load_flash_only = true
• updates in pdfjs, unicharutil, uconv

Despite rumours, support for MacOS 10.6 is kept on both 32bit & 64bit, including extra-effort for printing.

For a full log of fixes and Mozilla imported patches: (v47.0...v47.1)

If you get the forever spinning wheel because you are not using a super-power browser, like ArcticFox itself (thanks, GitHub), follow this link: 47.1 Assets

v47.0

• extensive updates in JavaScript engine, fixes and new capabilities (async functions, wasm)
• updates in netwerk
• updates in WebGL
• MacOS maximum target compatibility raised from 10.9 to 10.10 (used for building)
• ANGLE update
• libcubeb update
• fdlibm, nss (to beta) update
• updates in dom & devtools
• remove --disable-eme as per (Bug 1300654) - now it is preference handled

For a full log of fixes and Mozilla imported patches: (v46.4...v47.0)

If you get the forever spinning wheel because you are not using a super-power browser, like ArcticFox itself (thanks, GitHub), follow this link: 47.0 Assets

46.4

• Fix for #282 - PPC builds again
• Backports for #262 - Display issues, attributed to Endianness issues over X11 display but actually broader 32 bit compositing
• partial mitigation of #286 - but works only for Graphite
• Fix for #287 history issues
• Improvements in JavaScript - slightly improved compatibility
• Improvements in Layout and GFX, including some WebGL
• XHR performance improvements in workers (1249739)

For a full log of fixes and Mozilla imported patches: (v46.3...v46.4)

If you get the forever spinning wheel because you are not using a super-power browser, like ArcticFox itself (thanks, GitHub), follow this link: 46.4 Assets

46.3

• DevTools updates
• FLAC support in media
• Security fixes
• Minor layout fixes (flex, grids)
• JavaScript fixes
• gfx, GL fixes
• ServiceWorkers fixes
• Minor build updates (continues to follow gecko python build system transition, yet still 2.7)
• Improve private networking
• Hack for annoying #174 caused by hidden snippets with a workaround that actually works.

For a full log of fixes and Mozilla imported patches: (v46.2...v46.3)

If you get the forever spinning wheel because you are not using a super-power browser, like ArcticFox itself (thanks, GitHub), follow this link: 46.3 Assets

46.2

Improvement and fix release:

• Update of devtools
• Minor UI fixes (among others, #257)
• Graphic fixes
• Security fixes for Scripts
• Minor Audio & Video updates (helps YouTube quite a bit)

For a full log of fixes and Mozilla imported patches: (v46.1...v46.2)

If you get the forever spinning wheel because you are not using a super-power browser, like ArcticFox itself (thanks, GitHub), follow this link: 46.2 Assets

Notes for building:

• For PPC and SPARC (Big Endian builds) use system ICU, see #210
• but do not use too new ICU: #228

On MacOS tested on 10.6 32bit and 64bit! Read here Mac 10.6 and missing libc++ for startup crash in case of installation without MacPorts. Some user reported missing issues, I created a new archive.

46.1

This is mainly a fix release.

• Load exceptions fixed (#250) but as side effect (#257): buttons appears that looks od, just hide it with toolbar preferences and all is fine
• Cosmetic issue about Site Icon: #253
• Security issues (SSL/TLS as well as CSP)

For a full log of fixes and Mozilla imported patches: (v46.0...v46.1)

If you get the forever spinning wheel because you are not using a super-power browser, like ArcticFox itself (thanks, GitHub), follow this link: 46.1 Assets

Notes:
For PPC and SPARC (Big Endian builds) use system ICU, see #210

Read here Mac 10.6 and missing libc++ for startup crash in case of installation without MacPorts. Some user reported missing issues, I created a new archive.

46.0

• Support AVFoundation, allows to have WebRTC on MacOS later than 10.6 without QTKit compatibility (--enable-avfoundation --enable-qtkit)
• Big Developer Tools update
• Update build system
• Partial Download system update (causes some exceptions on load, but then works: #250 )
  For a full log of fixes and mozilla imported patches: (v45.3...v46.0)

If you get the forever spinning wheel because you are not using a super-power browser, like ArcticFox itself (thanks, GitHub) follow this link: 46.0 Assets

Notes:
For PPC and SPARC (Big Endian builds) use system ICU, see #210

Read here Mac 10.6 and missing libc++ for startup crash in case of installation without MacPorts. Some user reported missing issues, I created a new archive.

v46b1

46 beta 1 release

• Support AVFoundation, allows to have WebRTC on MacOS later than 10.6 without QTKit compatibility (--enable-avfoundation --enable-qtkit)
• Big Developer Tools update
• Update build system
• Partial Download system update (causes some exceptions)

45.3

• improved layouting and CSS
• improved devtools
• fix for no-JIT for PPC and SPARC #233
• countless other fixes

For a full log of fixes and mozilla imported patches: (v45.2...v45.3)

Notes:
For PPC and SPARC (Big Endian builds) use system ICU, see #210

If you did skip 42.1 release, please read its notes about preference folder changes.

If you get the forever spinning wheel because you are not using a super-power browser, like ArcticFox itself (thanks, GitHub) follow this link: 45.3 Assets

Notes on binaries:

• Read here Mac 10.6 and missing libc++ for startup crash in case of installation without MacPorts. Some user reported missing issues, I created a new archive.