Mozilla improved the backup process of Firefox sessions in Firefox 33. The result is that single-word queries are displayed much faster now by the browser. While you could prevent that by adding a ? in front of the query, this is no longer necessary in Firefox 33 as the browser will search automatically by default and without delay.Ī prompt is displayed however that you can use to go to the domain instead if that is where you wanted to go in first place. com domain regardless of whether it existed or not. If you search for a number such as 8676586 for instance, you were previously taken to the. Mozilla has improved how single-word queries and local query searches are handled in the browser. The search has been improved so that it displays suggestions now when you use it on the page. Search Suggestions on about:home and about:newtabįirefox displays a Google search form on the new tab page and the home page by default ( click here for instructions to remove it). If you check the HTML5 page on YouTube for instance you will notice that Firefox supports H.264 now which it did not before. This can be used by the browser to decode and encode H.264 video so that these videos play in the browser now. When you open Firefox 33 for the first time after upgrading the browser or installing it anew, you will notice that the OpenH264 plugin is now included under plugins automatically.
You find all details on Benoit Girard's blog post about the new feature. It would get too technical to get into details only this much: Mozilla moved compositing to a second thread to make the main thread loop more responsive. This new feature provides a smoother browsing experience while consuming less resources.
Windows Off Main Thread Compositing (OMTC) Some of the changes are visible on the frontend while others improve the browser in the backend.
Firefox 33 introduces several changes to the browser.