Georg Koppen:
Besides these two major changes there are a lot of other things that got improved. Most notably, we bumped OpenSSL to version 1.0.1o, NoScript to version 2.6.9.27 and Torbutton to version 1.9.3.0. Included as well is a backported Tor patch to improve usability on websites and we fixed a crash bug impacting users with the security slider level set to "High".
One noteworthy thing I forgot to mention is that we included an updated meek as well (version 0.20) that should fix nasty profile error dialogs visible while Tor Browser is restarting after extension/Tor Browser updates.
Here is the full changelog:
Tor Browser 5.0a3 -- June 30 2015 * All Platforms * Update Firefox to 38.1.0esr * Update OpenSSL to 1.0.1o * Update NoScript to 2.6.9.27
* Update meek to 0.20
* Tor patch backport * Bug 16430: Allow DNS names with _ characters in them (fixes nytimes.com) * Update Torbutton to 1.9.3.0 * Bug 16403: Set search parameters for Disconnect * Bug 14429: Make sure the automatic resizing is disabled * Bug 16427: Use internal update URL to block updates (instead of 127.0.0.1) * Bug 16200: Update Cache API usage and prefs for FF38 * Bug 16357: Use Mozilla API to wipe permissions db * Translation updates * Update Tor Launcher to 0.2.6.7 * Bug 16428: Use internal update URL to block updates (instead of 127.0.0.1) * Bug 15145: Visually distinguish "proxy" and "bridge" screens. * Translation updates
* Bug 13247: Fix meek profile error after bowser restarts Georg