Firefox 19 was released today, with the usual lack of a proper announcement, and a confusing jumble of change information from Mozilla.

Instead of a proper announcement for the new version, all we get is this post announcing a new, built-in PDF viewer.

As usual, the release notes for version 19 are confusing, but at least the new version is mentioned, albeit in an unusual congratulatory note to ‘new Mozillians’ – whatever they are. And, as always, the complete list of changes for version 19 actually includes every bugfix in recent history. When are they going to clean this stuff up, one wonders.

Still, a built-in PDF viewer will allow users to steer clear of at least one buggy piece of Adobe software in the form of a Reader plugin. It remains to be seen whether the new viewer has as many security issues as what it’s replacing.