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Update Firefox from 49.0.2 to 50.0 #206

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  1. firefox: Update version from 49.0.2 to 50.0

    Release notes for 50.0 [1]:
    
    > Version 50.0, first offered to Release channel users on November 15,
    > 2016
    >
    > ### new ###
    > *   Playback video on more sites without plugins with WebM EME Support
    > for Widevine on Windows and Mac
    >
    > *   Improved performance for SDK extensions or extensions using the SDK
    > module loader
    >
    > *   Added download protection for a large number of executable file
    > types on Windows, Mac and Linux
    >
    > *   Increased availability of WebGL to more than 98 percent of users on
    > Windows 7 and newer
    >
    > *   Added Guarani (gn) locale
    >
    > *   Added option to Find in page that allows users to limit search to
    > whole words only
    >
    > *   Updates to keyboard shortcuts
    >     *   Set a preference to have Ctrl+Tab cycle through tabs in recently
    >     used order
    >     *   View a page in Reader Mode by using Ctrl+Alt+R (command+alt+r on
    >     Mac)
    >
    > ### fixed ###
    >
    > *   Login cookies are now saved for sites with a high number of cookies
    > (Bug 1264192)
    >
    > *   Various security fixes
    >
    > *   Fixed rendering of dashed and dotted borders with rounded corners
    > (border-radius)
    >
    > ### Changed ###
    >
    > *   Blocked versions of libavcodec older than 54.35.1
    >
    > *   Added a built-in Emoji set for operating systems without native
    > Emoji fonts (Windows 8.0 and lower and Linux)
    
    [1] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/50.0/releasenotes/
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