Firefox 41.0.2 [Update]

--- October 15, 2015 ---
Firefox 41.0.2 is now available for download and all existing users should be able to upgrade to it automatically (Menu > Help menu > About Firefox). This update addresses a high impact vulnerability in the fetch() API. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information from an affected system.

--- September 30, 2015 ---
Firefox 41.0.1 is now available for download and all existing users should be able to upgrade to it automatically (Menu > Help menu > About Firefox). This build contains a number of bug fixes including:
  • Fixed: Startup crash in mozilla::layers::CompositorD3D11::GetTextureFactoryIdentifier()
  • Fixed: Changing properties of a new bookmark while adding it acts on the last bookmark in the current container
  • Fixed: Firefox hangs with flash plugins
  • Fixed: Startup crash in nsStyleSet::GatherRuleProcessors(nsStyleSet::sheetType) possibly related to Yandex toolbar and Adblock Plus
  • Fixed: Crash in mozilla::gl::GLBlitHelper::BlitImageToTexture

--- September 22, 2015 ---
Firefox 41 Final released
The final version of Firefox 41 is now available for both desktop and mobile users. This release includes minor updates to personalize your Firefox Account and adds a new functionality to Firefox Hello Beta.

The new version also addresses multiple vulnerabilities, some of which could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to completely compromise a vulnerable system. Firefox 41: Security fixes can be found here.

What's new features in Firefox 41?
According to Firefox release notes, Firefox 41 for desktop has the following changes:

New:
  • Enhance IME support on Windows (Vista +) using TSF (Text Services Framework)
  • Ability to set a profile picture for your Firefox Account
  • Firefox Hello now includes instant messaging
  • SVG images can be used as favicons
  • Improved box-shadow rendering performance

Changed:
  • WebRTC now requires perfect forward secrecy
  • WARP is disabled on Windows 7
  • Updates to image decoding process
  • Support for running animations of 'transform' and 'opacity' on the compositor thread

You can find the full changelog here.

Firefox for android
According to Firefox release notes, Firefox 41 for android enables you search with different search providers quickly. It also contains a number of improvements, here are highlights of changes in version 41 for android:

New:
  • Quickly search with different search providers from the search panel
  • Swipe-to-close tabs on tablets
  • Overlay to manually search and copy/paste login credentials from login manager when they're not auto-filled
  • Improved bookmark management with duplicate bookmark detection
  • Improved box-shadow rendering performance
  • Open Android applications from a web page via Intent URIs
  • Locale added: Croatian (hr)

Changed:
  • Updates to image decoding process
  • User Agent now includes Android version
  • Support for running animations of 'transform' and 'opacity' on the compositor thread

You can find the full changelog here.

Download Firefox 41
The links in this section correspond to files available for this download. Download the files appropriate for you.

Firefox 41 screenshots:

Firefox 41.0 (Windows)

Firefox Sync

Firefox 41.0 (Android)

Firefox 41.0 search panel (Android)

Reference:
Firefox 41 Release Notes

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