Firefox version 21 released

Another new version of Firefox was released today. Version 21.0 fixes several security vulnerabilities and other bugs.

As usual, the release notes for version 21 don’t mention the version except in a note about contributors, but the list of fixes seems to be relevant to the new version.

Clicking the ‘complete list of changes‘ link on the release notes page now goes to the Firefox bug tracking site, but the list of bugs shown includes issues that were resolved long before version 21 appeared, which is still very confusing.

On a brighter note, the release notes page now includes this entry:
21.0: Security fixes can be found here
Clicking the associated link shows a page titled “Known Vulnerabilities”, which clearly shows the version in which particular security vulnerabilities were fixed.

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