Some years ago, a former vice president of the Spanish Government said that of "He who moves does not appear in the photo." This phrase is applicable to the world of new technologies although with a very important exception, here it is precisely the one who does not move who stays out of the photo of the technological vanguard. And that's the mistake the Mozilla Foundation letting the competition implement a series of improvements that had not yet reached their Firefox. Well, determined to make amends for the oversight, they have got down to work and offer us a new version with many interesting news.
This new installment number 24 of the Firefox browser - What times, anyone would say that it was yesterday when I downloaded version 3.6 - it is now available in its variants for Windows, Mac and Linux; even if it is the version for Android that welcomes the most striking news and that, how could it be otherwise, we will detail below.
WebRTC, night mode, NFC and many other changes
The new version of Firefox for Android has support WebRTC, which is nothing but a real-time communication protocol that allows you to carry out some actions such as, among other things, make video calls directly from the browser without using plug-ins. This functionality already existed since June in the versions of Firefox for Mac o Linux, while competing browsers like Google Chrome they also counted on her.
On the other hand, the inclusion of a Night Mode it will make it easier to read web pages in environments with low ambient light and without running the risk of leaving your eyes when browsing with your smartphone in the dark. An advance that a priori might seem minor, but that it would be unfair not to pay due attention to it or to thank it, everything is said.
We also find in the list of changes the possibility of sharing those tabs that we have open with other mobile devices thanks to the NFC. A feature that can already be done in Chrome through Android Beam, but that no less important is its inclusion in Firefox for operating system Google. Thus, we can send the tabs that we have open in our browser to any other device nearby that also has support NFC.
Also within the category of sharing, we find in this new version the functionality 'QuickShare', which opens the door for us to send the website we are visiting to whoever we want, easily and simply, through the menu of Firefox.
Download Firefox 24 for Android from Google Play
Source: Firefox Notes Vía: IntoMobile y liliputing