Release Firefox 93

Web browser release Firefox 93 . In addition, the update is formed branches with a long support period – 78.15.0 and 91.2.0 . On the stage beta testing translated Firefox 94 branch, the release of which is scheduled for November 2.

Basic innovations :

  • is enabled by default support for AVIF image format (AV1 Image Format), which involves intraframe compression technology from video encoding format AV1. Color spaces are supported with a complete and limited range of colors, as well as transformation operations (rotation and calibration). Animation is not yet supported. To configure the compliance of the specification in About: Config, the “image.avif.complaia_strictness” parameter is proposed. The Accept HTTP header value is changed by default on “Image / Avif, Image / Webp, * / *”.
  • translated in the discharge of the obligatory WEBERDER engine, which is written in the RUST language and allows you to achieve a significant increase in drawing speed and reduction Loads on the CPU due to the deposit on the side of the GPU to draw the contents of the page, which are implemented through the shaders performed in the GPU. For systems with old video cards or problem graphics drivers in Webrender, software rasterization mode is used (GFX.WeBerander.Software = True). Support option to disable Webrender (GFX.WeBerer.Force-Legacy-Layers and Moz_weBender = 0) stopped.
  • improved support for the Wayland protocol. Added Stripe, decisive problems with the exchange buffer in environments based on the Wayland protocol. The composition also includes changes to get rid of flicker when using Wayland when moving the window to the edge of the screen in multi-meter configurations.
  • In the built-in PDF-viewer implemented The ability to open documents with interactive xfa-forms commonly used in electronic forms of various banks and state institutions.

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