Firefox developers have published a roadmap for 2012

Translated the next six months, perhaps someone will be interested to read. As far as I understand, in the nightly assemblies many things already work.

Link to the original (Mozilla Wiki) .

First quarter

Compatibility Add-ons : our experience shows that most add-ons do not break in new versions of Firefox. We decided that we would allow addons to be loaded, in which compatibility with the new version of the browser is not explicitly stated.
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Migrating from Google Chrome : Firefox already supports migration (export of user data) from other popular browsers. It's time to provide similar functionality for Google Chrome users.

HTML5 Player Improvements : There are more and more audio and video materials using the features of HTML5 on the Internet. We will work on improving the user characteristics of existing controls, as well as adding new ones, such as “maximize to full screen” for the video player.

Add-on sync : Firefox Sync technology makes it easy to switch from one computer (or device) to another. In addition to synchronizing passwords, bookmarks, and history between browser installations, users will be able to synchronize addons as well.

Firefox Hotfix : a system of hotfixes will be used to correct minor errors and omissions, which does not require the installation of a full-fledged update followed by a restart of the browser.

Improved Developer Tools and Web Platform .

Second quarter

Trial version of the Metro interface (Windows 8) : needed to better understand the integration capabilities of Firefox in the new Windows interface. The development time of this thing directly depends on Microsoft.

Improved start page : in addition to the search bar, the Firefox start page will provide quick access to other user data.

New tab : convenient control is planned from the keyboard, as well as analogue Speed ​​Dial.

Background update : Firefox will update in the background without distracting the user.

Integration with the Web Apps Marketplace : will also include personalized recommendations for the user.

Return to the “factory settings” : in case the browser is unstable, the user will be able to “return everything as it was” at the time of the clean installation without losing the saved passwords, history and bookmarks.

Autocompletion in the address bar : an important improvement for users who write the site address in the address bar instead of going to Google and looking for www.facebook.com there, like all normal housewives.

Smooth scrolling : the new implementation will be even smoother.

Browser- style download manager : allows you to manage downloads without switching between windows.

Improved startup speed : you can seriously accelerate the “cold start” of the browser, at least in Windows.

New garbage collector : developers promise that the browser will work better with heavy web applications.

Session recovery : session architecture has been revised; session recovery should be much faster. The page with which the user worked, becomes available immediately after the start of the program, and the background tabs are loaded as needed .

Determination of freezes : similar to collecting data about browser crashes, it will be possible to send developers also information about freezes.