Topic: Firefox

News articles, tutorials, add-ons and other miscellaneous tips for the Mozilla Firefox Web Browser.

Mozilla’s New File Sharing Feature is Fast & Secure

'Firefox Send' is an experimental new feature that lets you easily and securely send file(s) up to 1GB to another person using your browser.

3 August 2017
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Firefox 55 Starts Up Faster, Uses Less Memory

Tab hoarders rejoice because Firefox 55 is ridiculously good at handling a stack load of tabs. Tests show faster startup times and lower memory use.

24 July 2017

Firefox Marketshare is ‘Falling off a Cliff’, Says Former Mozilla CTO

Firefox marketshare is in decline and former Mozilla CTO Andreas Gal thinks he knows why. But are things really as bleak as the data suggests?

20 July 2017
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Firefox 54 Is Rolling Out on Ubuntu, but Multiprocess is Disabled

Ubuntu users can now upgrade the latest Firefox 54 release through Software Updater, but Firefox's new multiprocess handling is disabled by default.

14 June 2017
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Firefox 54 Is Here, And It’s Way Faster Than Before

This is it: this is the Firefox release you've been waiting for, the release that finally puts a bit of pep in the open-source browsers' step.

13 June 2017
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This is What the Firefox Photon Redesign Looks like on Linux

We finally have our first glimpse of what the Firefox "Photon" redesign will look like on Linux, and it may even support CSD.

18 May 2017
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Firefox Containers Feature Now Lets You Assign Websites to Specific Containers

Have you heard about Firefox containers? Until today neither had I. But this neat experimental feature recently picked up a neat new feature, so it feels like a good time to mention it. Firefox Containers Firefox […]

2 May 2017
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Enabling This Makes Firefox More Responsive On Ubuntu

Multiprocess Firefox mode is disabled on Ubuntu due to incompatibility with the Ubuntu Modifications add-on that's preinstalled. So, here's how to enable it.

1 May 2017
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Make Firefox Faster on Linux with this Simple Tweak

Apparently force enabling hardware acceleration in Firefox for Linux can make Firefox faster. So, in this post, we'll show you how to try it for yourself.

21 April 2017
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Firefox 53 Released With 2 New Compact Themes

Mozilla Firefox 53 has been released, and is now available to download right now. The latest release of the popular open-source web-browser ships with two new compact themes, reader mode improvements, and updated site permission requests. Mozilla […]

20 April 2017
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More Screenshots of Firefox’s Photon Redesign Surface Online

More screenshots of Firefox’s Photon redesign have surfaced online. The new screenshots continue to reveal more details about the upcoming redesign, including the purpose of the library button, the behaviour of side panels, and the […]

10 April 2017
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Firefox Is Getting a Massive Redesign, And This Is What It Looks Like

Mozilla plans to give Firefox is a brand new look dubbed "Photon" later this year, and now a handful of screenshots of the redesign have leaked online.

2 April 2017