Chrome tests a Real Google Search box on the New Tab Page to fix the Full Screen Bug
Latest Chrome Canary experiments with Google Search box in New Tab Page by replacing the fake box with a real one
Author: Venkat Eswarlu
Mozilla says “This Extension isn’t Monitored” Warning shown to Users on AMO is a Test
Mozilla revealed why addons.Mozilla.org (AMO) is showing extensions aren’t being monitored notice to users. The organization apparently has confirmed they’re testing this and only a few users are getting it and isn’t a permanent part of AMO yet. They’ll decide whether to keep or modify or drop it after the users reaction. What’s happened? Since …
Google Docs to display the Word Count as you Type
Google is making more easier to view a document’s word count on Google Docs, the company today announced it will roll out an option “Display word count while typing” under Tools > Word count, which when selected, will continuously display word count at the lower-left corner of doc while you type. Till now, to see […]
Fully-featured Vivaldi for Android is now available on Play Store
Vivaldi has pushed beta version of Vivaldi browser for Android to Google Play Store and is available to download. After bringing Sync to PC, Vivaldi’s main priority is to get into mobile devices. The company has been working on mobile for a while now, we’ve now a beta version with unique features available for daily …
And the Keyboard shortcut for the Firefox’s Picture in Picture for Video is
Mozilla has now provided a keyboard shortcut to launch focused video in Picture-in-Picture mode in Firefox browser and the shortcut is “Ctrl+Shift+]”. Do note, PiP is currently an experimental feature and is available in beta and Nightly versions of Windows, but not on Mac and Linux. Mozilla doesn’t want to use Picture in Picture Web …
Mozilla Firefox to enable DNS over HTTPS (DoH) by default in the US
To improve privacy and performance, starting late September 2019, Mozilla to rollout and enable DNS over HTTPS (DoH) by default in Firefox release for users in the US. After conducting many experiments in the last two years, the organization has come to a decision to turn on DoH by default in Firefox. The company believes …
Surprise, Microsoft re-adds Close other tabs to Microsoft Edge browser
Yesterday, we’ve reported tab context menu changes happened to Chrome, landed in new Microsoft Edge browser, to our surprise, Microsoft has re-added “Close other tabs” and other options that removed in Chromium to their Edge browser, you can see the change if you now right-click on a tab in latest Edge Canary build 78.0.268.0. This […]
Chromium Edge now offers an option to Turn off News Feed on New Tab Page
This Microsoft Edge team is acting on the insiders feedback quickly, they’ve already told in the last week’s top feedback post that “Add the ability to turn off the news feed on New Tab Page” is “Under review”, well, it’s here today for some users via controlled rollouts. Like old Microsoft Edge, Chromium-based Edge also […]
Google tests improved Cookie Controls UI for Chrome in Incognito mode, blocks third-party cookies by default
Recently Google has promised they’ll preview “improved cookie controls” for Chrome later this year. They’re already on it by building on SameSite cookie attribute, meanwhile, Chromium team is also testing a feature in Canary that blocks third-party cookies by default and offers an improved UI to control them in incognito mode. Yesterday, Mozilla has shipped …
Firefox 69 release brings Enhanced Tracking Protection and Various Performance Improvements to Windows 10 and macOS
Firefox 69 scheduled to release today on September 3, 2019, brings performance and UI improvements to Firefox on Windows 10. Enhanced Tracking Protection is now available to users all around the world with this release and is turned on default. The block autoplay has been improved, which now provides an option to block both audio …
Chrome: “Mute” and “Skip Ad” buttons removed from Picture in Picture Window
The Mute button that appears for videos in Picture in Picture Window in Chrome if you’ve Experimental Web Platform features enabled, can no longer be seen in PIP mode in Chrome 78. Francois Beaufort who works on Picture-in-Picture Web API has recently removed the Mute and “Skip Ad” buttons. With Chrome 73 on desktop, Google […]
Malwarebytes releases Browser Guard extension for Chrome and Firefox
A year and six months back, Malwarebytes launched a beta version of Browser Extension for Firefox and Chrome, the company after through testing, recently released stable version of extension with new name “Malwarebytes Browser Guard” and is available for Chrome and Firefox browsers on respective add-on stores. Malwarebytes from the beginning claimed their browser extension …