Firefox 69.0.2 bug causes downloads to fail when Parental Controls are enabled in Windows 10
Mozilla recommends users to avoid updating to Firefox 69.0.2 as downloads are failing when Parental Controls are on in Windows 10,,fix is coming
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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.
Mozilla enables “Megabar” design for Address bar in Firefox 71 Nightly
Mozilla has enabled a new design for the address bar in Firefox Nightly, the organization calls it as “Megabar” aka Quantumbar. The new address bar rewritten using web technologies (HTML, JS, and CSS) doesn’t occupy the whole browser toolbar width and it stands out to grab your attention by showing suggestions as you type something …
How to use a Separate Private Search engine in Firefox [Updated 2020]
Generally, Firefox uses the default search engine in both normal and private browsing modes. But like Vivaldi, Mozilla is now planning to offer a separate search engine for Private browsing in the Firefox browser. What this means is, the feature when available, users can able to choose one from a list of engines available and […]
Firefox Preview Nightly for Android is now available on Play Store
Mozilla published Firefox Preview Nightly for Android on Google Play Store and is now available to developers and advanced users for testing.
Firefox Preview 2.0 released, here is what’s new
Firefox Preview 2.0 is now available on Play Store for download with ability to control media playback via a notification and lets you launch private browsing from Home screen
Mozilla Firefox 69.0.1 is coming out later today with bug fixes
Mozilla is prepping to ship its first dot release for Firefox 69 today with a handful of bug fixes. Firefox 69.0.1 to address a security issue as well, the details are not available at the moment. The minor update prevents “external programs from launching in the background when clicking a link inside from Firefox to […]
Mozilla Plans to release Major Firefox every 4 weeks in 2020
Till now similar to Chrome, Mozilla releases major Firefox version every 6-8 weeks, this to change to 4 weeks in 2020. The company says they’ll adjust Firefox release cadence to increase their agility and bring new features quickly. Mozilla reveals the reason for the change in a blog post: “we’ve had many requests to take […]
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 …
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 …
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 …
Firefox 70 adds new Certificate Viewer at about:certificate and a Setting to disable Picture in Picture Video Toggle
Mozilla has updated how it displays a site certificate information in Firefox browser by adding a new “certificate viewer” at about:certificate page and the change is enabled by default in Nightly 70. The company also provided a setting to disable Picture-in-Picture Video toggle icon in the Preferences. As of now, if you now view any …