Une nouvelle mouture du navigateur Firefox est arrivé. Au menu, beaucoup d'améliorations concernant la vidéo : Nouvel aspect du bouton "Picture-in-picture" et meilleure prise en charge du décodage des vidéos via le GPU grâce à DirectComposition.
Des améliorations au niveau de la vitesse d'exécution du navigateur ainsi que l'affichage des pages sont également de la partie et WebRender élargi encore sa compatibilité avec d'autres matériels.
Voici la liste complète des modifications par rapport à la version précédente :
Fixed
- Fixed duplication of WebSocket messages in certain cases (bug 1673340)
Fixed
- Avoid an unnecessary prompt to reboot when using the full installer on Windows (bug 1671715)
- Restored the ability to print on paper whose width or height is larger than 100 inches, e.g. for receipts (bug 1672370)
- Fixed printing of documents with margins of zero, e.g. some PDFs (bug 1672529)
- Fixed handling of the
WebDriver:ClickElement
command in the marionette testing framework (bug 1666755) - Stability fix (bug 1660539)
New
- With this release, Firefox introduces a number of improvements that make watching videos more delightful:
- the Picture-In-Picture button has a new look and position, making it easier for you to find and use the feature.
- Picture-In-Picture now has a keyboard shortcut for Mac users (Option + Command + Shift + Right bracket) that works before you start playing the video.
- For Windows users, Firefox now uses DirectComposition for hardware decoded video, which will improve CPU and GPU usage during video playback, improving battery life.
- Firefox is faster than ever with improved performance on both page loads and start up time:
- Websites that use flexbox-based layouts load 20% faster than before;
- Restoring a session is 17% quicker, meaning you can more quickly pick up where you left off;
- For Windows users, opening new windows got quicker by 10%.
- You can now explore new articles when you save a webpage to Pocket from the Firefox toolbar.
- WebRender continues to roll out to more Firefox users on Windows.