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   Firefox 14.0.1

   Agen G. N. Schmitz

   Adding a bit of confusion to its already head-scratching release
   pattern, Mozilla has released the next update to its [1]Firefox desktop
   browser as version 14.0.1 ' even though there wasn't a version 14.0
   release. According to [2]Ghacks.net, this was done to keep both the Mac
   desktop and Android mobile versions of the Web browser synchronized
   with the same release numbering. Offering a variety of security and
   privacy improvements, the desktop browser now uses HTTPS by default
   when searching Google to improve security and privacy and adds a
   'click-to-play' option that can block the automated display of a
   plug-in (such as Adobe Flash) until the content is specifically
   activated by a click. Additionally, it improves the way a Web site's
   verified identity icon is displayed in the Awesome Bar (i.e., the URL
   field) to indicate whether or not the site uses SSL encryption or has
   an Extended Validation (EV) certificate. Other additions include
   auto-completed URLs typed into the Awesome Bar, a native full-screen
   mode in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and later, a new API to prevent your display
   from sleeping, text-transform and font-variant CSS improvements for
   Greek and Turkish localizations, and support for a Pointer Lock API
   that provides enhanced mouse control for applications (such as
   first-person games). (Free, 31 MB, [3]release notes)

References

   1. http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/fx/#desktop
   2. http://www.ghacks.net/2012/07/17/firefox-14-0-1-available-why-there-wont-be-a-firefox-14-0-release/
   3. http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/14.0.1/releasenotes/

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