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The new Firefox 78.0 helps you protect your privacy
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Mozilla wants to catch up with Google and Microsoft by releasingFirefox78.0, the most important update in a long time for the oldbrowser.
The new version,Firefox78.0 is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux, and is accompanied byFirefoxESR 78.0, the first major update for the Extended Support Release browser sinceFirefox68.
What’s new in Firefox 78.0?
Firstly, the Privacy Protections screen was renamed to Protections Dashboard. But this is not only a cosmetic thing. It also comes with two new interesting features:
To access the Protections Dashboard, either type about:protections or just click on the little shield from the left of the address bar and select Protections Dashboard from the drop-down menu.
They also added a newRefreshbutton to the uninstaller. You don’t need to uninstall and reinstallFirefoxto fix any problems. The Refresh button will reset all add-ons and settings.
Another new improvement, or more like a patch, is that your screen saver will not interrupt WebRTC calls onFirefoxanymore.
If you’ve got an Intel GPU and a Windows 10, you’ll be able to enjoy WebRender for improved graphics performance.
Another interesting addition is within the context menu when right-clicking a tab. If you do that you will see theClose Tabs to the RightandClose Other Tabsinto a sub-menu calledClose Multiple Tabs.
What are the Firefox 78.0 ESR improvements?
We list some of theFirefox78 ESR improvements aslisted by Mozilla:
Do you useFirefox? What do you think about the new version? Leave us your opinion in the comments section below.
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With 14 years of experience in writing about everything there is to know about science and technology, Claudiu also likes rock music, chilling in the garden, and Star Wars. May the force be with you, always!
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Oldtimer in the tech and science press, with 14 years of experience in writing on everything there is to know about science, technology, and Microsoft
