
Fun fact: Firefox has blocked more than 6 trillion - that’s trillion with a T - trackers since we rolled out enhanced tracking protection, stopping thousands of companies from viewing your online activity. When privacy protections are engaged in Firefox, the shield icon in the toolbar glows subtly indicating that we’re working behind the scenes to protect you from nosy trackers. The new look reorganized and streamlined our menus to put the best actions quickly at your fingertips. We’ve consolidated extra menus to reduce clutter and be more intuitive through the three bars menu in the upper right or by right-clicking to activate it on your computer screen. Menus are where key Firefox actions and commands live. The new toolbar is simplified and clutter-free so you get to the good stuff effortlessly. After web page content, it’s what you look at most in Firefox. It’s the place where you type a URL to go somewhere online. The toolbar is naturally where you start every web visit. A new icon set, crisp typography and thoughtful spacing throughout all reflect a modern aesthetic for 2021. The fresh new Firefox is easy on the eyes, bright and buoyant on screens of all sizes - computers, phones and tablets. The resulting new design is simple, modern and fast and delivers a beautiful experience to support what people do most in Firefox. We obsessed over distractions, extra clicks and wasted time. We listened to feedback and gathered ideas from regular people who just want to have an easier experience on the web. Going into the Firefox redesign, our team studied how people interact with the browser, observing their patterns and behaviors. A sleek, clean Firefox design backed by research


WebGL performance improvement on Windows, MacOS and Linux.Įnables overlay of hardware-decoded video with non-Intel GPUs on Windows 10/11, improving video playback performance and video scaling quality.It’s all happening starting today in Firefox. GPU-accelerated Canvas2D is enabled by default on macOS and Linux.

On Windows, third-party modules can now be blocked from injecting themselves into Firefox, which can be helpful if they are causing crashes or other undesirable behavior.ĭate, time, and datetime-local input fields can now be cleared with Cmd+Backspace and Cmd+Delete shortcut on macOS and Ctrl+Backspace and Ctrl+Delete on Windows and Linux. Affected users should update to the latest version of XMBC (2.20 or higher) which contains a fix for this issue. Note: A bug in the popular X-Mouse Button Control (XMBC) tool may cause mouse wheel scrolling to stop working. GPU sandboxing has been enabled on Windows. It's now possible to import bookmarks, history and passwords not only from Edge, Chrome or Safari but also from Opera, Opera GX, and Vivaldi for all the folks who want to move over to Firefox instead!
