[转载]Firefox 4新特性一览

Its come to my attention that we get many people here that just don't realize how much work is going into Firefox 4. So I wanted to create a list of Features, Fixes and Changes both already in and coming soon.

WARNING: THIS IS NOT A THREAD FOR POLITICAL RHETORIC OF FIREFOX FEATURES. Violating posts will be reported.

If I missed something, Feel Free to let me know.

Things that were announced but has not shown up in nightly builds/Betas or turned on by default yet are marked in Red and with an asterisk(*).

List Of Firefox 4 Features:


Backend

+ Server Side

[*]Content Security Policy[/*:m]
[*]Resource Packages*[/*:m]
[*]Strict Transport Security (A.K.A. ForceTLS)[/*:m][/list:u]
+ HTML 5

[*]HTML5 Parser[/*:m]
[*]New Decoders for <audio><video> Theora/WebMedia Video (WebM Discussion)[/*:m]
[*]Web Sockets[/*:m]
[*]IndexedDB[/*:m]
[*]Media Attributes: Buffered[/*:m]
[*]HTML5 Forms: Email/Url/Search/Tel[/*:m]
[*]HTML5 Form Attributes: Autofocus/Placeholder/Multiple[/*:m]
[*]Constraint Validation API[/*:m]
[*]FormData[/*:m]
[*]Audio Data API (Info/Demos) [/*:m][/list:u]
+ Canvas

[*]WebGL* (MDC Page)[/*:m]
[*]SVG Enhancements[/*:m]
[*]SMIL Animation[/*:m]
[*]SMIL Event Timing[/*:m]
[*]SVG In <IMG> tags[/*:m][/list:u]
+ CSS 3

[*] Transitions[/*:m]
[*]Multiple Backgrounds[/*:m]
[*]Touch properties[/*:m]
[*]Resizing[/*:m]
[*]Calc[/*:m]
[*]2D Transforms[/*:m][/list:u]
+ JavaScript

[*]ECMAScript 5 Elements[/*:m]
[*]JaegerMonkey MethodJIT JS Engine[/*:m]
[*]JS Animation API[/*:m][/list:u]
+ Gecko Engine

[*]Gecko Layers (Part 1, Part 2)[/*:m]
[*]Hardware Acceleration: Direct2D & DirectWrite/Direct3D9 & OpenGL/ES (D2D Discussion) (D3D9/OGL Compositing discussion)[/*:m]
[*]Infallible Memory Management[/*:m]
[*]MultiTouch Events[/*:m]
[*]Compartmental Garbage Collection*[/*:m]
[*]Decode-On-Draw*[/*:m]
[*]Image Discarding[/*:m]
[*]Harfbuzz Font Shaping[/*:m]
[*]Replacement JPEG decoder (libjpeg-turbo)*[/*:m]
[*]New DPI System[/*:m]
[*] -moz-element[/*:m]
[*]Indexed OGG Support[/*:m]
[*]Dynamic Cache Control[/*:m][/list:u]

User Interface/Frontend

+ Styling/Toolbars

[*]NEW UI Refresh Windows/Mac/Linux* (Mockups: Win, Mac, Tux)[/*:m]
[*]Firefox Consolidated Menu (Discussion)[/*:m]
[*]Per-Tab Modal Dialogs[/*:m]
[*]Per-Site Privacy Settings[/*:m]
[*]In-Content UI Preferences/Places* (Mockups)[/*:m]
[*]Bookmarks Button[/*:m]
[*]Add-Ons Toolbar[/*:m]
[*]Tab Animation[/*:m]
[*]Status Bar Removal[/*:m]
[*]Addons Bar[/*:m][/list:u]
+ Tab Functions


[*]Home Tab*[/*:m]
[*]Tab Matches (Info)[/*:m]
[*]Tabs-On-Top[/*:m]
[*]Panorama(A.K.A Uberview, R.K.A. Tab View, A.K.A. Tab Sets, B.K.A. Tab Candy) (Info)(Discussion)(Aza, please stop with the names!)[/*:m]
[*]AppTabs (Info) (Discussion)[/*:m][/list:u]
+ Tools


[*]Web Console (Info)[/*:m]
[*]New Addons Manager[/*:m]
[*]Firefox Sync Integration[/*:m]
[*]New Download Manager* (Info)[/*:m]
[*]'About:Memory' Usage tracking: Malloc/WorkingSet/PrivateBytes/GFX/Storage/Layout/Images/Canvas[/*:m][/list:u]

Bug Fixes


[*]Async APIs Places/Cookies/Images/Cache[/*:m]
[*]New/Faster Scrolling Method[/*:m]
[*]Startup Speed enhancements[/*:m]
[*]TraceMonkey NanoJIT JS Engine Enhancements/JaegerMonkey Integration[/*:m]
[*]Mac OSX Clickthrough fixes[/*:m]
[*]UserAgent Overhaul[/*:m]
[*]XPCOM Overhaul[/*:m]
[*]Restart-less Addons (Info)[/*:m]
[*]Lazy Frame Construction[/*:m]
[*]Lazy Services Initialization (For Performance)[/*:m]
[*]Tab Bar fixes & enhancements[/*:m]
[*]:visited selector privacy enhancement[/*:m]
[*]Storage API enhancements[/*:m]
[*]Cairo Library Updates[/*:m]
[*]SQLite Library Updates[/*:m]
[*]DOM Improvements: Floats/Shadows/Canvas[/*:m]
[*]CSS Parsing performance improvements[/*:m]
[*]DNS performance enhancements[/*:m]
[*]Critical Proxy fixes[/*:m]
[*]Session Restore fixes[/*:m]
[*]'About:Cache update[/*:m]
[*]Image decoder refactoring[/*:m]
[*]Video scale refactoring[/*:m]
[*]Refactored "About Firefox" window[/*:m]
[*]Startup Cache (refactors previous startup method)[/*:m][/list:u]

Miscellaneous Changes



[*]OmniJar Packaging (for faster startup)[/*:m]
[*]Gopher Support Removed[/*:m]
[*]Default Plugin Removed[/*:m]
[*]Remote XUL Removed[/*:m]
[*]js-ctypes API[/*:m]
[*]Services Module[/*:m]
[*]64-Bit Support[/*:m]
[*]Silent Updates*[/*:m]
[*]Theme Agnostic Personas/Backgrounds*[/*:m]
[*]Archived Add-On Deployment[/*:m][/list:u]

Once again, if I missed something let me know.

9/11/2010
- Remove JaegerMonkey from the Red List.

kmc：Restart-less Addons
安装扩展不用重启，真的慢慢地在出现了回到原帖

Backend 后端

+ Server Side(服务器端)

    * Content Security Policy(内容安全策略)
    * Resource Packages*(资源包)
    * Strict Transport Security (A.K.A. ForceTLS) 严格的传输安全(又名 ForceTLS)


+ HTML 5

    * HTML5 Parser(HTML5 解析器)
    * New Decoders for <audio><video> Theora/WebMedia Video (WebM Discussion) (<audio><video>支持Theora/WebMedia视频

解码器)
    * Web Sockets(Web套接字)
    * IndexedDB
    * Media Attributes(多媒体属性): Buffered
    * HTML5 Forms(HTML5 表单): Email/Url/Search/Tel
    * HTML5 Form Attributes(HTML5 表单属性): Autofocus/Placeholder/Multiple
    * Constraint Validation API(约束校验API)
    * FormData
    * Audio Data API(音频数据 API) (Info/Demos) + HTML 5

+ Canvas

    * WebGL* (MDC Page)
    * SVG Enhancements(SVG增强)
    * SMIL Animation(SMIL 动画)
    * SMIL Event Timing (SMIL事件时间线)
    * SVG In <IMG> tags (<IMG> 标签支持SVG)


+ CSS 3

    * Transitions(渐变)
    * Multiple Backgrounds(多重背景)
    * Touch properties(触摸属性)
    * Resizing(缩放)
    * Calc(计算器?)
    * 2D Transforms(2D 转换)


+ JavaScript

    * ECMAScript 5 Elements(ECMAScript 5 元素)
    * JaegerMonkey MethodJIT JS Engine(JaegerMonkey MethodJIT JS 引擎)
    * JS Animation API(JS 动画 API)


+ Gecko Engine(Gecko 引擎)

    * Gecko Layers(Gecko层) (Part 1, Part 2)
    * Hardware Acceleration(硬件加速): Direct2D & DirectWrite/Direct3D9 & OpenGL/ES (D2D Discussion) (D3D9/OGL 

Compositing discussion)
    * Infallible Memory Management(无过失内存管理？)
    * MultiTouch Events(多重触控事件)
    * Compartmental Garbage Collection*(区域垃圾收集)
    * Decode-On-Draw*(绘制时解码)
    * Image Discarding(图片丢弃)
    * Harfbuzz Font Shaping(Harfbuzz 字体成形)
    * Replacement JPEG decoder(替换了JPEG解码器) (libjpeg-turbo)*
    * New DPI System（新 DPI 系统）
    * -moz-element
    * Indexed OGG Support（支持索引的OGG）
    * Dynamic Cache Control（动态缓存控制）



User Interface/Frontend（用户界面/前端）

+ Styling/Toolbars（外观样式/工具栏）

    * NEW UI Refresh Windows/Mac/Linux* (Mockups: Win, Mac, Tux)（‘刷新’新的UI）
    * Firefox Consolidated Menu (Discussion)（Firefox统一菜单？）
    * Per-Tab Modal Dialogs（Tab独立模式对话框）
    * Per-Site Privacy Settings（站点独立隐私设置）
    * In-Content UI Preferences/Places* (Mockups)（？）
    * Bookmarks Button（书签按钮）
    * Add-Ons Toolbar（附加组件工具栏）
    * Tab Animation（标签动画）
    * Status Bar Removal（状态栏移动）
    * Addons Bar（附加组件栏）


+ Tab Functions（标签功能）


    * Home Tab*（主页标签）
    * Tab Matches (Info)（标签匹配）
    * Tabs-On-Top（标签栏在上）
    * Panorama(A.K.A Uberview, R.K.A. Tab View, A.K.A. Tab Sets, B.K.A. Tab Candy) (Info)(Discussion)(Aza, please 

stop with the names!)（缩略图，又名 Uberview, Tab View，Tab Sets，Tab Candy）
    * AppTabs (Info) (Discussion)（应用标签）


+ Tools（工具）


    * Web Console (Info)（Web控制台）
    * New Addons Manager（新附加组件管理器）
    * Firefox Sync Integration（Firefox同步整合）
    * New Download Manager* (Info)（新下载管理器）
    * 'About:Memory' Usage tracking: Malloc/WorkingSet/PrivateBytes/GFX/Storage/Layout/Images/Canvas（'About:Memory' 内存使用状况跟踪）

Bug Fixes（缺陷修复，略……）

Miscellaneous Changes（其他改进）

    * OmniJar Packaging (for faster startup)（OmniJar 打包，加速启动）
    * Gopher Support Removed（移除Gopher 支持）
    * Default Plugin Removed（移除默认插件）
    * Remote XUL Removed（移除远端XUL）
    * js-ctypes API
    * Services Module（服务模块）
    * 64-Bit Support（64位支持）
    * Silent Updates*（无打扰升级）
    * Theme Agnostic Personas/Backgrounds*（主题不可知的Personas/背景？）
    * Archived Add-On Deployment（归档附加组件部署）

mygames10：期待正式版。不知道什么时候出回到原帖