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Mozilla Firefox coverage from Techdows: what is new in each release, useful settings and about:config tweaks, extension tips, and fixes for common Firefox problems on Windows, Mac, and Android. Guides are updated as new Firefox versions ship.
Soon to be available Firefox Preview 5.2 beta has got Voice Search support and shows Reader mode icon in the address bar. The beta also includes accessibility improvements and bug fixes. Firefox Nightly and Beta for Android already got Fenix, Firefox for Android stable will soon be replaced with Fenix. Recently, Mozilla has started experimenting …
Starting Firefox 79, If you select or set new Microsoft Edge to open PDFs in Firefox, then the PDFs will open in the Edge browser in a ‘toolbar-less window’ or ‘app mode’. Mozilla constantly updates and improves Firefox built-in PDF Viewer, PDF.js. Recently the company made the following improvements and changes to Firefox PDF Viewer. …
Mozilla has added the ‘Clear startup cache’ button to about:support page in Firefox for users to run and fix the Startup issues browser having if any. Sometimes, when you launch Firefox by clicking its icon on the desktop or on the taskbar, nothing happens, but you can see it running in the Task Manager and …
Starting Firefox 78, you can able to reopen multiple tabs you’ve closed by selecting the “Undo Close Tabs” option present in the Tab Context menu. Generally, if you close a tab in a web browser, you can able to reopen it by using the Ctrl+Shift +T shortcut. In Firefox, you can also use the “Undo …
Mozilla has made unnecessary changes to the Firefox Tab Context menu yet again for one more time. The company has moved “Close Tabs to the Right” and “Close Other Tabs” options to a “Close Multiple Tabs” submenu in Firefox 78. This article discusses the change and includes a workaround that reverts that change to a …
Mozilla has released Firefox 77.0 beta for Android to Google Play Store and is now available for download. Currently, Firefox Preview for Android (codenamed Fenix) based on Geckoview is in the transition to be the next Firefox for Android. Beta and Nightly versions of Firefox for Android are already migrated to Fenix code. This new […]
Mozilla has added logins and password export support to the Firefox Password Manager Lockwise in Nightly version. The company is also working on adding import support for Firefox logins and passwords exported to the CSV file. Google Chrome browser currently allows to export passwords to a CSV file, but the browser lacks the password import …
Firefox 77.0 is scheduled to release later today on June 02. The update to bring Pocket New Tab recommendations to users in the UK, a dedicated about:certificate page in Firefox to view and manage certificates. The Pocket stories are already available to users in the U.S., Germany, and Canada, today, Mozilla is bringing Pocket Recommendations […]
Going to Uninstall Firefox? The Firefox uninstaller now asks to try the Refresh feature instead. The aim of Mozilla including the Refresh button in the Firefox Uninstall wizard is to let it fix corrupt profiles without the need to uninstall the browser. About Refresh Firefox, when to use it? And how to use it? Mozilla …
Starting Firefox 78, the built-in PDF Viewer in Firefox (PDF.js) can be set as default PDF Reader on Windows. Mozilla has made the necessary changes to browser installer to register Firefox as a PDF handler on windows 10. Like Chrome and Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox also comes with PDF Viewer built-in that displays PDF files […]
Recently released Firefox version requires users to enter their OS password/biometrics to retrieve or edit the passwords in Password manager Lockwise. After receiving multiple reports about issues with the feature, Mozilla is now remotely disabling the OS authentication feature in Firefox 76 and Firefox 77 by rolling out a pref change via Normandy. Starting Firefox …
Mozilla has redesigned Firefox’s Reader Mode according to guidelines of the Photon Design System and is landed in Firefox 78. A significant change you’ll notice with the updated Reader Mode is the horizontal toolbar. Five years back, Mozilla launched Reader mode for Firefox browser with version 38.0.5, since then till now the feature has got …