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Firefox 71 release to get new About:config Page
New about:config page built-on web technologies (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) is finally coming to Firefox 71 release channel and will replace the XUL based version of the Configuration Editor. About:config, one of the internal pages... More of this article »Fission aka Site Isolation can now be enabled in Firefox Nightly
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... More of this article »
Firefox 69 allows to block both audio and video for Autoplay Media
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... More of this article »
After Chrome 76, Mozilla Firefox 69 disables Flash by Default
Browser vendors informing users that Flash is going away, we’ve covered Chrome 76 disabled Flash by default and showing depreciation notice for the same to users, Mozilla began the process as per their Flash roadmap, they’ve... More of this article »
Enable Password Generator for Firefox built-in Login Manager, Lockwise
Mozilla is working on to bring a new Password Manager for Firefox browser called as Lockwise, currently available as a desktop add-on. The company plans to initially allow users to test Lockwise by installing the extension, but built-in... More of this article »
How to enable and use Firefox Lockwise Password Manager (formerly Lockbox) in Nightly
Mozilla is looking to integrate its Password Manager Lockbox available for Android and iOS into desktop Firefox as well with name Firefox Lockwise. The HTML-based login manager is now available behind a about:config pref in Nightly... More of this article »
Firefox new about:addons adds Permissions and Release Notes tabs to extension details page
Firefox’s HTML about:addons in development received quite a good number of improvements recently, for instance, we’ve said about report button addition for extensions and themes and recently, Mozilla added “Release... More of this article »
You can’t turn off e10s (Multi-Process) in Firefox 68
Starting Firefox 68, you won’t be able to turn off Electrolysis or e10s (Multi-Process Firefox) and switch to the non-e10s mode (single -process Firefox) by using hidden pref, the support for the pref “browser.tabs.remote.autostart”... More of this article »
How to Enable Recommended Extensions in Add-ons Manager in Firefox Nightly
A Month back Mozilla announced about Recommended Extensions Program and said they’re going to display some high quality, secure extensions (after a manual review) to users on AMO, SUMO and in Firefox browser. The recommended... More of this article »
Firefox to automatically pin its icon to Windows 10 taskbar after its installation
Mozilla is all in favor of automatically pinning Firefox icon to the taskbar in Windows 10 when you install Firefox 68 release on your computer. After knowing the engagement and retention gains with the test they conducted before,... More of this article »
Mozilla Firefox enables Picture in Picture feature in Nightly on Windows
Mozilla finally enabled Picture in Picture feature for Videos in Firefox Nightly on Windows by default and you can test the feature right away and see how the feature works when compared to Chrome Picture in Picture. We’ve reported... More of this article »
Mozilla Firefox 68 to add report abuse option for extensions in add-ons manager
When we reported Mozilla Firefox provided the option to remove extension in the right-click menu of extension icon on the toolbar we did mention the company has plans to show report abuse checkbox (similar to Chrome) when you remove... More of this article »
Mozilla to remove WebIDE in Firefox 70
Mozilla now starting to show WebIDE will disabled in Firefox 69 release message in Nightly and saying remote debugging is available in about:debugging page, we learned the company is planing to remove WebIDE in Firefox 70. When was... More of this article »
Firefox now got the Protections against Cryptocurrency mining and Fingerprinting in Nightly and Beta
Mozilla and Disconnect together compiled a list of domains that serve fingerprinting and cryptocurrency mining scripts which Firefox 68 Nightly and 67 betas can now block. Firefox team is now asking users to enable and test these protections... More of this article »
Firefox Picture in Picture mode gets Un-PiP and Play/Pause Buttons
After we’ve reported Picture in Picture mode is available for testing in Firefox, since then Mozilla made a lot of changes and improvements to the feature and today, it added controls -play, pause, and close buttons– to... More of this article »
Mozilla Firefox to Run Experiments to Curb Notification Spam
We’ve recently reported Mozilla may make user interaction a mandatory requirement in Firefox 68 for websites to request permissions from users to display notification prompt, Mozilla today officially announced that they’ll... More of this article »
Firefox 68 requires User interaction for Push Notifications
To prevent Push notifications abuse by websites, Firefox 68 on desktop platforms and Android (Fennec) to require user gestures for notification permission prompts, means any website can ask to display notifications only after user... More of this article »
Firefox 67 to use dav1d AV1 video Decoder on Windows
Videolan and FFmpeg’s dav1d, AV1 decoder is now enabled by default in Windows on Firefox 67 Nightly. FYI, dav1d is a new cross-platform, opern-source AV1 decoder made by Videolan and other communities, and is sponsored by Alliance... More of this article »
Mozilla Firefox 67 won’t allow extensions to run in Private Windows by default
A month back, we’ve reported Mozilla is working not to allow extensions to run in Private browsing by default in Firefox browser, users need to manually give the permission to extensions for that, well, the change landed in Nightly... More of this article »
Mozilla Firefox 68 to add Firefox Account Menu button to toolbar
Mozilla is looking to add an avatar button next to hamburger menu in upcoming Firefox 68 to let you manage your Firefox Account and access sync preferences and connect to another device without the need to visit Sync section in Settings... More of this article »
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... More of this article »
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... More of this article »
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,... More of this article »
Try Picture in Picture mode for Firefox in Nightly
It hasn’t taken much long for Mozilla to bring Chrome’s Picture in Picture to Firefox, still early days in development though, but you can test it latest Nightly version. The company says in a meta bug that it is strictly... More of this article »
Enable and test Fingerprinting and Cryptomining Protections in Firefox browser
We’ve reported Mozilla readied specification for the Cryptomining and Fingerprinting protection settings they’re are going to add to Custom mode of Content blocking. The plan is to add those settings first to custom mode,... More of this article »
The Firefox’s new about:config Page built on HTML looks So Cool on Nightly
Mozilla has kept the current about:config page in Firefox that was built on XML aside (still available by default in release) and created a new about config page by using HTML and default styles from Photon design system. The new page... More of this article »
Mozilla adds Search box to Private browsing Page in Firefox Nightly
We’ve reported Mozilla is testing Search hand-off on New Tab Page where input in the search box will be transferred to address bar, now the company is doing the same for Private browsing page by adding a search box. The new Private... More of this article »
Firefox 66: Launcher Process to block DLL Injections from antivirus and third-party software
We already know Google blocks Antivirus and third-party software from injecting code into Chrome browser, Mozilla is working on that now in Nightly with a new launcher Process that blocks a known list of DLLs that cause the problem... More of this article »
Dedicated Profiles per installation to begin with Firefox 67
Till now whichever Firefox version –Nightly, developer, beta and stable –you install first on your computer Firefox uses that profile for other Firefox installations, this to change however from Firefox 67 onwards. Mozilla... More of this article »
Firefox 66: Mozilla tests Search hand-off feature on New Tab Page
Recall or check what happens when you start to type on the search bar in New Tab Page in Chrome browser, the focus shifts to omnibox, this is what Mozilla wants in Firefox browser in version 66 as they’re testing Search hand-off... More of this article »
Firefox 66 adds ‘search tabs’ option to All Tabs Menu
Mozilla has added ‘Search Tabs’ option to all tabs menu in Firefox 66. Firefox team felt the ability to find only open tabs from the location bar is not known to many, so they thought adding an option to ‘list all... More of this article »Firefox 65 to allow switch tabs with mouse wheel by scrolling [Linux only]
Mozilla has added Linux version of Firefox 65 the ability to switch tabs in the tab bar by scrolling with the mouse wheel, Google Chrome has this feature on Linux version, now Firefox is getting it with version 65. A bug created two... More of this article »
Mozilla makes about:performance as complete Task Manager in Firefox 65
By adding Memory column in the about:performance page a complete task manager for Firefox browser is now ready in Firefox 65 nightly, which now shows CPU and memory consumed by each tab. The Windows or Mac Operating System provided... More of this article »Firefox Nightly adds Wayland Support
Mozilla has finally added Wayland support to Firefox in the Nightly version, not turned on by default yet, user needs to do that manually by setting an environment variable. Enable Wayland support in Firefox Support for Wayland, a... More of this article »
Firefox 65 to ask for confirmation to close multiple tabs even if session restore is enabled
Starting Firefox 65, Firefox browser to ask for confirmation to close multiple tabs even if the browser is set to restore the previous session on startup, this applies to Windows, Linux and Mac platforms. Current Firefox version 63,... More of this article »
Firefox 65 gets WebP Image Support
Finally, Mozilla has added Google’s WebP image support to Firefox browser in version 65 and we’ve tested and can confirm the browser on Nightly version has displayed WebP images without any issues. A bug created two years... More of this article »
Firefox 64 adds UI option to block Extension Recommendations
We’ve covered Contextual Feature Recommender (CFR) system in Firefox, to show extension recommendations based on sites you visit and we never thought Mozilla use the recommendation program to promote VPN service they’ve... More of this article »
Firefox 64 gets Windows 10 Notifications Support
Firefox 64 on Nightly has finally got support to show notifications in Windows 10 Action Center. Four years back Mozilla started to work on implementing the feature for Windows 8 (do you remember metro Firefox?), but ended up making... More of this article »
Firefox 64: Changes to Tab Context Menu
Mozilla is making changes to Tab Context Menu items in Firefox 64. Apparently in Nightly version, the company has added new ‘Select All Tabs’ and moved ‘Close Tabs to Right’ and ‘Close Other Tabs’... More of this article »
Firefox 64: Autocompletes about: URLs in address bar
Unless you visit about:about page in Firefox browser, you don’t know Firefox has this many internal pages, they are there for different purposes, of them, mostly, you use, about:config, about:support, about:profiles and about:performance... More of this article »
How to Disable Extension Recommendations in Firefox Nightly
We’ve covered Firefox to show extension recommendations to a set of users as part Contextual Feature Recommendation (CFR) system, it’s now happening to Nightly users, they’re receiving notifications to install extensions... More of this article »
Mozilla enables Ctrl+Tab Previews in Firefox by default for new profiles
Starting Firefox 63, if you’ve a clean or new profile, pressing Ctrl+Tab displays preview of all open tabs by default. Like Windows, which shows thumbnail previews of open applications when you press Alt+Tab, Mozilla has introduced... More of this article »
Firefox 63: Mozilla removes ‘Never check for updates’ option
Starting Firefox 63, you can no longer disable automatic updates in Firefox browser, the ‘Never check for updates’ option has been removed by Mozilla from the about:preferences. Firefox browser by default has set to automatically... More of this article »
Multiple Tab Selection comes to Firefox 62
Mozilla now allows selecting multiple tabs in Firefox browser by using the Ctrl key. The feature targeted for Firefox 62, needs a user to visit about:config in the address bar and create a new preference and turn it on for testing.... More of this article »
Firefox Quantum now lets you close tab by double click
Till now in Firefox, to close a tab by double click you need to be using an extension. Which no longer required in upcoming Firefox 61 version as Mozilla now offers a preference in about:config which when toggled, a double click with... More of this article »
Firefox 61: New Tab Page Settings moved to Home Section in Options
The New Tab Page Settings have been moved to a new Home section in about:preferences in Firefox. Now if you click on the cog wheel icon on the new tab in Firefox 61, you’ll be moved to the new Home section in the options. But... More of this article »
Firefox 59: about:support shows Windows Security Software Information
About:support or troubleshooting information page in Firefox is one stop place where you can check system add-ons installed in the browser, Reset if you’ve any issues with it, check Firefox version, open Profile folder and see... More of this article »
Tab Warming makes Tab Switching Faster in Firefox
Tab Warming, currently not enabled by default in Firefox Nightly, when turned on, loads tab contents in the background when you mouse over a tab (assuming you’ll switch to it), when you click on that tab, eventually, page content... More of this article »