Mozilla releases Firefox 10.0.2 update

Late Friday, Mozilla.org released version 10.0.2 of its Firefox web browser. The new version stands as a 31.4 megabyte download and adds the following fixes and changes:

– Fixed: Java applets sometimes caused text input to become unresponsive (bug 718939).

– NEW: Most add-ons are now compatible with new versions of Firefox by default.

– NEW: The forward button is now hidden until you navigate back.

– NEW: Anti-Aliasing for WebGL is now implemented (see bug 615976)

– NEW: CSS3 3D-Transforms are now supported (see bug 505115)

– HTML5: New element for bi-directional text isolation, along with supporting CSS properties (see bugs 613149 and 662288)

– HTML5: Full Screen APIs allow you to build a web application that runs full screen (see the feature page).

– DEVELOPER: We’ve added IndexedDB APIs to more closely match the specification.

– DEVELOPER: Inspect tool with content highlighting, includes new CSS Style Inspector.

– FIXED: Mac OS X only – after installing the latest Java release from Apple, Firefox may crash when closing a tab with a Java applet installed (700835).

– FIXED: Some users may experience a crash when moving bookmarks (681795).

– FIXED: Silverlight video may not play on some Macintosh hardware (715396).

Firefox 10.0.2 requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.5 or later to install and run.

If you’ve tried the new version and have any feedback to offer, please let us know in the comments.