Make Skype for Web to work in Firefox
New Skype for Web supports Microsoft Edge and Chrome only, but by changing user agent to Chrome or Edge, you can make it work in Firefox 65 or later versions
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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 Firefox 67 won’t allow extensions to run in Private Windows by default
Starting Firefox 67, user permission is required for extensions to run in Private windows, you can do that when you install a new extension or by visiting extension’s settings in Add-ons Manager.
Mozilla Firefox 68 to add Firefox Account Menu button to toolbar
Firefox 68 to offer Firefox Account avatar menu button on toolbar for user to manage FxA and access sync preferences and connect to another user device
Mozilla Firefox 67 to discard tabs to free up memory
Do you remember this change Mozilla added to Firefox version 8 : Firefox doesn’t load all tabs from the previous session on startup by default it loads them when you visit them, on that, a bug created 8 years back to automatically unload or discard tabs when the memory is running out, the news is …
Mozilla Firefox 66 adds Windows Hello Support
After Web Authentication support, Mozilla added Windows Hello Support to Firefox 66, this allows users to sign in to websites with face or fingerprint.
Firefox 67: “Pin Tab” option added to Page Actions Menu
Firefox to make tab pinning/unpinning a whole lot easier, Mozilla has added a ‘Pin Tab’ option to Page Actions menu (PAM) in the address bar. The company has made this change as part of Pin Tab CFR experiment, let us hope they’ll keep the option in the menu after the experiment is over and expect […]
Firefox 67: Keyboard Navigation Support for browser toolbar including Extension buttons
Mozilla’s Accessibility team have added keyboard navigation support for the Firefox toolbar and add-on buttons in Firefox 67, means, you can now able to access buttons on toolbar such as back/forward, reload. site information, library, sidebar and application menu, including that of created by extensions, with the keyboard. Enable Keyboard navigation support for toolbar in […]
Mozilla integrates Firefox Monitor into Firefox 67 to show notifications for breached sites
Mozilla has landed Firefox Monitor System add-on into Firefox 67 to show notification alerts to users when they visit breached sites
Try Picture in Picture mode for Firefox in Nightly
Learn how to enable and test Picture in Picture for Video in Firefox Nightly which is in development..
Enable and test fingerprinting and cryptomining protections in Firefox browser
Firefox Nightly 67 gained two new privacy protections in February 2019: blocking known fingerprinting scripts and known cryptomining scripts. Fingerprinters build a profile of … [Read more…]
Firefox Screenshots Keyboard Shortcut is Ctrl+Shift+S
For Firefox Screenshots, Mozilla removed upload functionality & assigned keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+S for Windows, Linux and Cmd+Shift+S shortcut for Mac
Firefox 67 may get Cryptocurrency mining and Fingerprinting blockers
Recently Mozilla has released Firefox 65 with redesigned content blocking section in Settings which offer standard, custom and strict blocking options to control user privacy. The enhanced tracking or cross-site tracking protection isn’t enabled by default, doing so may break websites, keeping in this mind, Mozilla is cautiously enabling the features one bye one for …