Down and to the Right: Firefox Got Faster for Real Users in 2023 ( hacks.mozilla.org )
We’ve been working hard on making Firefox even faster and we’re extremely happy to report that this has resulted in an improvement in speed.
Introducing Mozilla’s Firefox Nightly .deb Package for Debian-based Linux Distributions ( blog.nightly.mozilla.org )
Great news for people using Firefox Nightly on Debian-based Linux distributions (such as Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and others): installing, updating, and testing the latest Firefox Nightly builds just got ...
Firefox 119 released ( www.mozilla.org )
"We are moving away from native widgets, and the ability to disable non-native widgets will be removed as well" What are your thoughts on this? ( bugzilla.mozilla.org )
I really don’t like the psuedo-native look of the element dropdown menu on macOS, and I thought Firefox was trying to embrace native widgets when they added support for macOS right click context menus a few years ago. That issue was open for 20+ years! This sucks....
Firefox 120: Searching Tabs in the Address Bar Will Work Across Containers ( www.quippd.com )
I was once told that Firefox users don’t always do enough to celebrate the small wins. Here’s something that I consider to be a big one, but might not be int...
Built for Privacy: Partnering to Deploy Oblivious HTTP and Prio in Firefox ( hacks.mozilla.org )
Mozilla continues to champion user privacy on the web, teaming up with Fastly and Divvi Up to bring privacy-preserving technology to Firefox.
Firefox tests a built-in checker for fake reviews ( www.theverge.com )
Based on technology from Fakespot.
Say (an encrypted) hello to a more private internet. ( blog.mozilla.org )
As web users, what we say and do online is subject to pervasive surveillance. Although we typically associate online tracking with ad networks and other third-party sites, our online communications travel across commercial telecommunication networks, allowing these privileged entities to siphon the names of the websites we visit...
All Lights Green for 119 – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 145 ( blog.nightly.mozilla.org )
Highlights Some more great work from our performance team means that sites using Vue.js 3.0 will run better in Firefox! We’ve added some new behaviours to session restore, and ...
How do I remove the (…) buttons on the right side of suggestions in the URL field drop-down? ( fedia.io )
I like to tab trough the drop-down via the keyboard. The (…) button is a tab stop, so it gets in the way.
Test Firefox Android extensions and help developers prepare for an open mobile ecosystem in December ( blog.mozilla.org )
In August we encouraged developers to start preparing their desktop extensions for Firefox Android open availability on addons.mozilla.org (AMO). The project is progressing well and ...
Firefox 118.0 released ( www.mozilla.org )
Can browser choice screens be effective? ( research.mozilla.org )
Browser choice screens are back on the menu. Most notably, the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) will require them from 2024. But lawmakers and regulators in many other jurisdictions have also been looking at choice screens alongside other interventions to address deep-seated competition issues in browsers and browser engines...
Car Companies: Stop Your Huge Data Collection Programs ( foundation.mozilla.org )
Nowadays, our cars are anything but a private space — they are full blown data collection nightmares on wheels....
Does Translations feature for MacOS only? ( fedia.io )
I use Firefox 117.0.1 on MacOS at the moment. After recent update, I was able to see this built-in translate feature in url tab. It can now translate pages offline and more or less okay quality for me....
Firefox 117.0.1 released ( www.mozilla.org )
Access location notification for every Google Search ( fedia.io ) Italian
Hi all,...
I made an extension to track TEMU prices ( addons.mozilla.org )
I've always been frustrated with the ever-changing prices of products on Temu, so have created this extension to record product prices in the background so that they are searchable later. It's still in development, but I hope to add more features soon....
Firefox nightly feels slow and buggy ( fedia.io )
Hi, I've been using nightly for about 5-6 years now the latest nightly version feels so slow and having frequent small annoying freezes, is there a bug I can track about it or I can provide more info? I've experienced this on my PC and laptop....
Can I get firefox to act as two separate browsers? ( fedia.io )
Say I have a window of mostly music that I want to open with shortcut a, and a window of work stuff that I want to open with shortcut b. Is there anything I can do to get firefox shortcuts to remember the windows separately? I don't want to use chrome or a different browser as the second window, but that would work for...
Hacking the ELF format for Firefox, 12 years later ; doing better with less ( glandium.org )
All my tabs in Firefox will randomly reload, and my CPU usage jumps to over 140% ( fedia.io )
Hi, I'm having this issue with Firefox where it will try to reload/load all my tabs and my system CPU usage will jump to 100% and in the about:performance page it will show Firefox at 140% CPU usage....
Faster Vue.js Execution in Firefox ( hacks.mozilla.org )
Firefox performance on Vue.js has improved significantly throughout the year. Most recently, we sped up reactivity with Proxy optimizations.
‘Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Reviewed By Mozilla — Including Ford, Volkswagen and Toyota — Flunks Privacy Test ( foundation.mozilla.org )
Mozilla’s latest edition of *Privacy Not Included reveals how 25 major car brands collect and share deeply personal data, including sexual activity, facial expressions, and genetic and health information.