Firefox 24 arrives

  Mozilla today officially launched Firefox 24 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. Improvements include a new option to mass close tabs “to the right,” as well as WebRTC support and NFC sharing on Android.

  Firefox 24 has now been released over on Firefox.com and all existing users should be able to upgrade to it automatically. As always, the Android version is trickling out slowly on Google Play.

Here’s the official changelog for Firefox 24:

• NEW: Support for new scrollbar style in Mac OS X 10.7 and newer.
• NEW: Implemented Close tabs to the right.
• NEW: Social: Ability to tear-off chat windows to view separately by simply dragging them out.
• CHANGED: Accessibility related improvements on using pinned tabs 
• CHANGED: Removed support for Revocation Lists feature
• CHANGED: Performance improvements on New Tab Page loads
• DEVELOPER: Major SVG rendering improvements around Image tiling and scaling
• DEVELOPER: Improved and unified Browser console for enhanced debugging experience, replacing existing Error console.
• DEVELOPER: Removed support for sherlock files that are loaded from application or profile directory.
• FIXED: Replace fixed-ratio audio resampler in webrtc.org capture code with Speex resampler and eliminate pseudo-44000Hz rate
• FIXED:24.0: Security fixes can be found here. 

Here’s the full Firefox 24 for Android changelog:

• NEW: Enabled support for WebRTC.
• NEW: Ability to share open tabs between NFC-enabled phones.
• NEW: Easy access to your favourite share application from main menu. 
• NEW: Added support for Braille, Popup announcements, Door hangers retain focus and a lot more for TalkBack users.
• NEW: Better night reading experience with Night mode functionality in Reader.
• NEW: Added Swedish, British and Catalan to Android multi-locale builds.
• DEVELOPER: Removed support for sherlock files that are loaded from application or profile directory.
• CHANGED: Baidu is now the default search engine for the Chinese locale.
• FIXED: Can’t write accented characters on HTC devices
• FIXED: 24.0: Security fixes can be found here.

Firefox 25 will be out in October.

Source: The Next Web ,MOU,Firefoxblog