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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.
Rather than each website charging users with subscription fees to view articles, Mozilla now testing “Ad-free internet” service in Firefox browser powered by Scroll, which they announced a while back. With this new paid service, Firefox lets you read your favorite websites on any device by paying $4.99 per month. As Firefox blocks tracking ads …
Firefox Nigthly will soon display extensive information about trackers it blocked and lets you access data for last week via graph about:protections page
Finally, Mozilla published Preview version of Firefox for Android they’re working on since some time for now on Google Play Store and is available for download. Firefox Preview v1.0 uses the Geckoview engine that Firefox desktop browser uses. Mozilla says Firefox Preview will “combine the speed, privacy, control, and easy-to-use features you have come to …
Mozilla fixed the Firefox data loss bug that caused users to lose all their preferences and UI customization due to power failure or OS Crash
Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) responsible for downloading Windows Updates is going to download Firefox updates in the background even when the browser is not running or closed in upcoming Firefox release. Mozilla to use BITS for Firefox 68 to update browser whereas from version 70 onwards they are going to use BITS via …
Google Chrome has the site isolation feature built-in that runs each website in a separate process, this improves security. Google has integrated this feature in Chrome to reduce Spectre attacks, Mozilla is also working to bring this security to Firefox in the name of Project Fission, it now can be enabled and tested in Firefox …
Till now Google Earth worked only in Chrome browser that used Native Client (NaCl) technology, today Google launched the public beta of Earth that uses WebAssembly (Wasm) and works in Firefox and Chromium browsers such as Microsoft Edge (Canary) and Opera. But the key difference between Google Earth in Chrome and other browsers is former …
Firefox 67 by default blocks all media with the sound that plays automatically, to let the user block video content including Audio, Mozilla added a new setting “Block Audio and Video” to Autoplay Settings in Firefox 69. With the current Autoplay controls in place in Firefox browser, if you land on a popular news site …
Mozilla disables Flash Plugin by default in Firefox 69, the Always Activate and Remember This decision Flash options have been removed.
After updating from Firefox 67.0.1 to Firefox 67.0.2 some users noticing that their logins and passwords stored in Firefox browser are no longer shown by Password manager or can’t be seen in “saved logins” dialog window. The reports coming from users using AVG on their systems and the Firefox profile folder showing “login.json.corrupted”. Mozilla is …
Pocket (formerly known as the Read it Later), the app and web service owned by Mozilla to save articles found on the internet to see later, now brought the user requested features from its App on Mobile to Pocket in Firefox, Chrome and Safari browsers. If you’ve found a great quote or important point in …
Firefox browser automatically suspends unused tabs when the available memory is less than 400 MB, the current version 67 has the feature enabled by default and is unloading tabs that haven’t been used for while when memory threshold is low. Mozilla now in a hurry to turn this off as they realized there is a …