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Firefox 90 launches with SmartBlock 2.0 and Windows improvements

Paul Hill — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 18:22:01 +0000

Mozilla has released Firefox 90 with some big changes. It includes SmartBlock 2.0 which handles Facebook scripts better and it brings software WebRender to installs without hardware acceleration. Read more...

Firefox 84 launches with support for Apple Silicon CPUs

Paul Hill — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 22:58:01 +0000

Mozilla has released Firefox 84. It brings WebRender to more systems including some Linux computers, it's the last version to support Adobe Flash and it now supports Apple Silicon CPUs natively. Read more...

Mozilla Firefox 83 comes with big JavaScript enhancements

Paul Hill — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 17:02:01 +0000

Mozilla has just released Firefox 83. It comes with lots of changes including better performance from the SpiderMonkey engine and emulated support for Apple's M1 chip with native support due. Read more...

Firefox 82 comes with a better picture-in-picture experience

Paul Hill — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 14:58:01 +0000

Firefox 82 has been launched today. It includes improvements to picture-in-picture and brings speed enhancements. Mozilla has continued rolling out WebRender to more Windows users too. Read more...

Firefox 67 launches with WebRender and cryptomining blocker

Paul Hill — Tue, 21 May 2019 12:33:51 +0000

Mozilla has released Firefox 67 onto the stable branch. The update is pretty big with initial support for WebRender and the inclusion of a cryptomining and fingerprinting blocker to enhance privacy. Read more...

Mozilla will begin to roll out WebRender to Firefox users with version 67

Paul Hill — Sun, 19 May 2019 16:44:01 +0000

Mozilla is planning to deploy WebRender with the release of Firefox 67. According to a post on Reddit, only about 5% of users will get the new feature initially and it may be restricted to Windows 10. Read more...