New Microsoft Edge to open PDFs in App Mode in Firefox

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. …

Firefox 78: Mozilla moves “Close other Tabs” & “Close tabs to Right” to a submenu again, how to revert?

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 begins to disable Windows Password Prompt in about:logins on Firefox 76 & 77

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 …

This is Firefox’s redesigned Reader Mode

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 …

Firefox 78 gets Process Manager at about:processes page

After making Task Manager available for Firefox browser at about:performance, today Mozilla has added Process Manager at about:processes page in Nightly version to give information about Firefox processes running with details like memory and CPU they’re utilizing. While the about:performance reveals information about tabs and add-ons running in Firefox browser and their energy impact on …