Firefox 25 Arrives With Web Audio API Support, Guest Browsing On Android 144
An anonymous reader writes "Mozilla today officially launched Firefox 25 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. Additions include Web Audio API support, as well as guest browsing and mixed content blocking on Android. Firefox 25 can be downloaded from Firefox.com and all existing users should be able to upgrade to it automatically. As always, the Android version is trickling out slowly on Google Play. The release notes are here: desktop, mobile."
Re:Unfortunately... (Score:2, Informative)
Just use the html5 <audio> tag, no js required.
The api is for playback control and advanced processing & effects.
Re:I can't remember (Score:5, Informative)
Web Audio API actually is an interesting feature.
See some of it in action: http://mohayonao.github.io/timbre.js/ [github.io]
Re: Bloated horseshit (Score:4, Informative)
Not anymore.
The last 2 (well, now 3) versions of Firefox have been stellar. Look at the benchmark tests. These latest Firefox versions are smoking everyone else, including Chrome. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/chrome-27-firefox-21-opera-next,3534-12.html
Re:privacy (Score:4, Informative)
If you don't turn off "phishing protection" it's absolutely true.
Re:Firefux (Score:5, Informative)
Your tone is flamebait, but your question is valid. Firefox has a project called MemShrink [mozilla.org] whose focus has been on reducing memory usage. In the time they've been going they have found and fixed leaks in Firefox; come up with better ways to find leaks in add-ons, which were the biggest culprit; changed how Firefox handles memory used by add-ons to eliminate virtually all such leaks; and optimized Firefox's memory management in a bunch of non-buggy cases.
So yes, if memory usage is what drove you away from Firefox you should take another look.
Re:Maybe I'll go Android (Score:5, Informative)
Recommended. Firefox on Android still has many issues, but recent stable versions are much, much better than the first beta versions. There aren't that many add-ons available, but the ones that are available make the Android tablet browsing experience much more pleasant. The ones to look for: Adblock Plus, Self-Destructing Cookies, Ghostery and NO Google Analytics. Visit your favorite sites with the stock/vendor browsers, compare with Firefox+addons and decide for yourself.