Hello tor-qa,
Tor Browser 5.5a3 is ready for testing. Bundles can be found on:
https://people.torproject.org/~mikeperry/builds/5.5a3-build4/
This release contains an update to Firefox 38.3.0 ESR and a number of other components. Apart from several bug fixes we added a new locale (Japanese) and tried to improve our font fingerprinting defense in the sense that we keep it strong while providing a better user experience.
In addition to these major highlights here comes the full changelog:
Tor Browser 5.5a3 -- September 22 2015 * All Platforms * Update Firefox to 38.3.0esr * Update libevent to 2.0.22-stable * Update Torbutton to 1.9.4 * Bug 16937: Don't translate the hompepage/spellchecker dictionary string * Bug 16735: about:tor should accommodate different fonts/font sizes * Bug 16887: Update intl.accept_languages value * Bug 15493: Update circuit display on new circuit info * Bug 16797: brandShorterName is missing from brand.properties * Translation updates * Bug 10140: Add new Tor Browser locale (Japanese) * Bug 17102: Don't crash while opening a second Tor Browser * Bug 16983: Isolate favicon requests caused by the tab list dropdown * Bug 13512: Load a static tab with change notes after an update * Bug 16937: Remove the en-US dictionary from non en-US Tor Browser bundles * Bug 7446: Tor Browser should not "fix up" .onion domains (or any domains) * Bug 16837: Disable Firefox Hotfix updates * Bug 16855: Allow blobs to be download on first-party pages (fixes mega.nz) * Bug 16781: Allow saving pdf files in built-in pdf viewer * Bug 16842: Restore Media tab on Page information dialog * Bug 16727: Disable about:healthreport page * Bug 16783: Normalize NoScript default whitelist * Bug 16775: Fix preferences dialog with security slider set to "High" * Bug 13579: Update download progress bar automatically * Bug 15646: Reduce keyboard layout fingerprinting in KeyboardEvent * Bug 17046: Event.timeStamp should not reveal startup time * Bug 16872: Fix warnings when opening about:downloads * Bug 17097: Fix intermittent crashes when using the print dialog * Windows * Bug 16906: Fix Mingw-w64 compilation/Don't depend on Windows crypto DLLs * Bug 16707: Allow more system fonts to get used on Windows * OS X * Bug 16910: Update copyright year in OS X bundles * Bug 16707: Allow more system fonts to get used on OS X * Linux * Bug 16672: Don't use font whitelisting for Linux users * Build system * Bug 16909: Bump Ubuntu host requirement to 14.04+ * Bug 12240+12237: Make LXC builds reproducible
Happy testing,
Georg