Now you can enable or disable add-ons/extensions in Private Browsing. This feature is already available in Normal browsing. Now, you don’t have to type in passwords each time you re-visit a site. Earlier these features are not available with Firefox. Now, Private browsing has two new features: Storing Passwords and support for add-ons. In private browsing, Firefox doesn’t track history and deletes cookies as soon as you close the browser window. To disable “Cryptominers and/or Fingerprinters” Select Custom and check “Cryptominers and/or “Fingerprinters”. You can block content by clicking on the small “i” icon in the address bar and clicking on the setting gear on the right side under Content Blocking head or by going to Preferences, Privacy & Security, and then Content Blocking. Mozilla started testing features to block fingerprinting and cryptomining, and now they’re ready to block trackers.įirefox lets you block content to protect yourself from fingerprinting and cryptomining. As part of the this ongoing effort, Mozilla also wanted to tackle the issue of cryptomining, which uses your PC/CPU to generate cryptocurrency for someone other, and fingerprinting, which creates a digital fingerprint that tracks you on the web. In August 2018, Mozilla announced that Firefox would have feature to block trackers.
Whether it’s a favorite theme or any other add-on, the browser now startup quickly by skipping unnecessary work during subsequent start-ups. If you do click on a suspended tab, it will reload where you left off.įinally, Firefox promises faster startup for those users who have customized their browser with add-ons. Next, latest version of Firefox can detects if computer’s memory is running low (means under 400MB), then it will suspend unused tabs.
Now, Firefox can scans for alternative style sheets after page load and doesn’t load the auto-fill module if there is no form to fill. According to Mozilla, now sites like Instagram, Amazon, and Google searches can execute between 40% and 80% faster then previous versions. Now Firefox deprioritizes least commonly used features and can delays set Timeout to priority script.
The latest version of Firefox is better at performing tasks at the optimal time, resulting in faster “painting” and loading of the page. According to Mozilla, Over 300 million active users use Firefox as their browser, it makes it a major platform for web developers to consider.
The Android version is also available on Google Play Store.
Firefox 69 includes suspending unused tabs, deprioritizing least used features, fast startup, blocking of fingerprinting and cryptomining, Improvement in Private Browsing, voice input while searching on Android, and many more new features.įirefox 69 for desktop computers is available for download, and all users who are using already using Firefox are able to upgrade to it automatically.
Mozilla has launched Firefox 67 for Windows, Linux, Mac and Android.