Firefox 3 Beta 2 is expected to be released in late December, as for now, here’s another nightly build from Firefox team, which is working on weekends too. This nightly introduces lots of fixes, so let’s proceed with the changelog, shall we?
Fixed
258405 [Firefox:Toolbars] – New measure to prevent XUL spoofing also allows other custom toolbars to appear, not only the location bar. [All]
342504 [Core:DOM] – [FIX]Tab is blanked when clicking an anchor link identical to the current url [All]
365851 [Core:JavaScript Engine] – get/set/ call optimizations [All]
396930 [Core:Disability Access APIs] – giving focus to tree before its populated crashes Thunderbird [@ nsUInt32Array: :GetAt] [Lin]
398907 [Firefox:OS Integration] – Firefox saves wrong window restore size while closing a maximized window. [Win]
399746 [Firefox:Page Info] – Exception… “‘[JavaScript Error: “gImage View.data[i] has no properties” {file: “chrome://browser/ content/ pageinfo/ pageInfo.js” line: 554}]’ when calling method: [nsIDOM NodeFilter: :acceptNode]” [All]
401247 [Firefox:Places] – Assertion Failed (assert: null node) when middle-clicking on blank space in Bookmarks Toolbar [All]
403691 [Core:Security: PSM] – unable to display decoded policies extension in certs from https://www.digicert.com [All]
403830 [Core:DOM] – Use arena pools and a separate heap for content [Win]
404894 [Toolkit:XUL Widgets] – Text in disabled xul should be grayed [Mac]
406194 [Firefox:Places] – Rich url bar keeps old scroll position even on new input [All]
406230 [Firefox:Download Manager] – Vertically align download icons in the center [All]
406790 [Toolkit:Microformats] – Add support for an option to show/hide hidden microformats [All]
407044 [Firefox:Download Manager] – Download manager should use more Linux stock icons [Lin]
407193 [Firefox:Preferences] – Restore animate FadeIn behavior for Mac prefpanes (revert fix for bug 394881) [Mac]
407286 [Firefox:Places] – ExpireItems (EXPIRATION _COUNT _PER _RUN) takes about 700ms (down from 8 seconds) but could be faster? [All]
407292 [Firefox:Places] – When adding a bookmark with no title, we should use the uri as the title [All]
407421 [Core:XP Miscellany] – [FIX]Named windows/tabs are randomly targeted from windows that target them [All]
407540 [Firefox:Places] – Tags checked when they are created for a different bookmark [Mac]
407655 [Firefox:Download Manager] – Reorganize download context menus [All]
407788 [Core:Security: UI] – polish Delete Server Certificate Exceptions dialog [Win]
408135 [Core:Layout] – nsCSSRuleProcessor: :GetRuleCascade does unnecessary array churning [All]
408214 [Toolkit:Breakpad Integration] – crash reporter sending random “Name” field [Win]
408295 [Core:Style System (CSS)] – avoid temporary arrays when cascading style rules [All]
408316 [Firefox:Places] – License header in the middle of browser.js [All]
408322 [Firefox:Places] – right click, bookmark this link doesn’t bookmark the link [All]
408356 [Firefox:Build Config] – Removed deprecated MathML fonts on update and pave-over install [All]
408359 [Firefox:Password Manager] – P assword Manager dialog’s Show/Hide Passwords button does not have an access key [All]
408368 [Core:JavaScript Engine] – Suboptimal code in array_sort implementation [All]
408373 [Firefox:Password Manager] – Typo in a comment in nsLogin Manager Prompter.js [All]
408403 [Core:DOM] – [FIX]Use QI tables for document classes [All]
Partial Landings/WIPs/Incoming
404530 [Firefox:OS Integration] – Make use of GTK stock icons in more places [Lin]
407415 [Core:GFX: Thebes] – NaNs in gfx*Font with font-size:0 and font-size-adjust [All]
Regressions/Annoying/Common bugs
337761 [Core:XPCOM] – Folder does not open anymore for dragged link [All]
339804 [Firefox:General] – Multiple login requests for authentification proxies if sessionstore is enabled [Win]
385245 [Firefox:Places] – history sidebar very slow (way slower than fx2) [All]
386343 [Firefox:General] – Breakpad doesn’t work [Win]
388209 [Firefox:Places] – bookmarks menu dnd indicator not visible if I want to drop an item before a separator [Win]
400075 [Core: ImageLib] – long delays painting the app when it’s brought to the foreground. [Win]
402348 [Firefox: Tabbed Browser] – popup statusbar notification switches to incorrect tab when tab closed [All]
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