Firefox 124 extends the caret browsing mode to the PDF viewer, extends tab management in Firefox View, refines the macOS full screen experience, and resolves various security issues.
Firefox is adding new privacy tools, such as "Tell websites not to sell or share my data" and "Copy Link Without Site Tracking" context menus to copy a link without any tracking information.
What just happened? For the entire history of Mozilla's Firefox project, users have occasionally experienced the infamous "persisting tooltip" bug. The issue has now been fixed for good, thanks to a code contribution by a programmer that's just one year older than the bug itself.
In brief: The European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) will impose new rules on several tech giants when it's introduced next year, including providing users with browser choice screens that lets them pick a default option. That might sound good, but Mozilla warns that these screens need to be designed in a way that promotes all products equally, not just those from a specific vendor.
What just happened? A recent preview version of Firefox was seemingly able to beat Chrome in the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark, an old speed test from Apple's WebKit team. The team celebrated and posted a screenshot of the feat even though other more recent benchmarks continue to rank Google's browser as the fastest overall.
Firefox 116 adds a new sidebar switcher for accessing Bookmarks, History, and Synced Tabs, along with a new volume slider on Picture-in-Picture mode. Security fixes and more.
Mozilla Thunderbird latest release is a complete visual and technical overhaul for the email client, adding a modernized cards view, a customizable unified toolbar, an improved calendar and more.
Mozilla announced they will end support for Windows 7, Windows 8, macOS Sierra, High Sierra, and Mojave with Firefox 115. However, users that migrate to the Extended Support Release channel will continue to receive security updates until September 2024.
Firefox 113 is an important update that adds rewind and video duration to its picture-in-picture controls, improves the search bar history and options, adds AV1 support and more.