Mozilla is rolling out Google & Amazon Search Shortcuts to Firefox Users in US
Mozilla is now rolling out Google and Amazon top site Search shortcuts to Firefox users in the US to make searching even faster.
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Mozilla adds Native Windows 10 Share Support to Firefox
Mozilla has added a Share button to Page Action Menu for Windows10 Share feature and is available in Firefox 64.
Firefox 64 updates about:addons to Card UI
Mozilla is doing a makeover of Firefox’s about:add-ons or add-manager interface in Firefox 64 with Card UI and other changes
Mozilla registers Firefox to handle mailto links in Windows
Firefox 64 got support to handle mailto links in Windows and can be set default mail client in Windows 10 so that email links can open on Gmail in Firefox..
Vivaldi 2.1 adds Chrome’s Picture in Picture mode
Like Chrome’s Picture in Picture mode? It’s now available in Vivaldi 2.1 snapshot and is working for YouTube.
Windows 10 1809 offers a setting to disable reopening of Programs after restart
Finally, Microsoft offers a setting/option in Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809) to disable reopening of apps after Windows restart.
Mozilla removes RSS feed and Live Bookmarks support from Firefox 64
Mozilla has removed RSS/Atom feed and live bookmarks support from Firefox 64, which is scheduled to release in December 2018.
Firefox 64 to always autofill bookmarks irrespective of their Visited Status
Mozilla has updated autofill algorithm in Firefox 64 for the address bar to always autocomplete bookmarks regardless of their visited status
Has Windows Update installed KB4465477 before KB4464330? Oh! Yes
If you’re confused whether SSU KB4465477 installed or not, on Windows 10 version 1809 along with KB4464330, take a look at this article for some clarity.
Chrome: Tab Audio Muting flag that lets you mute tabs with a single click has been removed
You can no longer mute a tab by clicking on the speaker icon as Google has removed Tab Audio muting UI control flag from Chrome 71, the flag is still available though for use in Chrome 70 version. Chrome’s Tab Audio Muting UI Control Flag Removed The flag that existed for last four years has …
Immersive Context Menus can’t be disabled in Windows 10 1809
it’s no longer possible to disable immersive context menus on desktop and File Explorer in Windows 10 1809 using registry tweak like before
Watch out: Disk Cleanup in Windows 10 1809 includes Downloads folder
Here is a change you must notice when you run Disk Cleanup in Windows 10 1809, it now comes included with Downloads folder by default. So if you open and run the Disk Cleanup tool often to delete temporary files for saving space, you should not be selecting ‘Downloads’ folder in a flow, by clicking […]