Added detection for dark system themes on Windows 10 and re-worked Windows 10 specific theming to better integrate into the OS and provide more clarity.
HTML5 media controls have been reworked to a horizontal volume control on all media, including HTML5 audio that was previously without an element-control for volume.
Default HTML5 media volume preference added as media.default_volume -- fractional, default 1.0 (=100%).
String.prototype.match() and .replace() are now fully spec compliant.
NSPR and NSS now correctly no longer enforce IA32 architecture compatibility, getting the advantage of SSE2 like the rest of the code.
Worked around crashes in the XSS filter when navigating back in history due to document fragments.
Instated a hard minimum of 10,000 places entries regardless of free disk space and total memory to prevent undesired expiration of history. That is around 16MB for an average entry size, which should be sane enough even on low-memory machines.
Fixed a typo in networking code introduced in 26.2.2 that would cause issues on some sites due to adding extra forward slashes to the URL.
Fixed an issue with new tab button theming on dark toolbars.
Reverted the useragent identification of Firefox compatibility mode to 38.9 to avoid WOFF2 font issues for sites that don't use proper font deployment as recommended by the W3C.
Added a site-specific override for Google fonts to make sure it always works even if not using Firefox compatibility mode.
(workaround pending for a proper solution on Google's side)
Adjusted the "dark color" detection routine to switch text to white at higher relative contrast levels.
This will more closely match Windows 10's "flip point" for different accent colors and is within the recommended range determined by the WCAG.
This release only has pertinent changes for Windows. Other operating systems do not need this update.
Changes/fixes:
Fixed a rare issue where the browser would not initialize properly (missing bookmarks and menu entries) if certain Windows registry values were missing (Windows 8 only).
Fixed an issue on Windows 10 where the classic menu bar would become unreadable (white on white). Update: There's apparently a different issue still remaining that can cause the same trouble. Please see the Known Issues page for status and workaround.
Portable only: Switched to non-compressed binaries to prevent issues with antivirus packages, to prevent issues with browser run-time operation, and to simplify code signing.
Another small bugfix update to address some breaking issues. Sorry for the rapid-fire releases, everyone; this is not our intention.
Changes/fixes:
Fixed an additional issue found that could cause menu text on Windows 10 to be white-on-white (and therefore unreadable).
Fixed an issue with news feeds not showing up when embedded in web pages.
Removed recently-added parsing of the child-src content security policy directive, after some web compatibility issues with it came to light, as well as it becoming clear that the CSP spec will see it removed in favor of the previous directive for embedded content. This should fix some intermittent issues people have reported on e.g. the main google.com page and phpMyAdmin installations.
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