{"id":12180,"date":"2019-12-03T19:35:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T18:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/159.69.82.204\/win\/?p=12180"},"modified":"2024-10-03T00:45:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T22:45:54","slug":"firefox-71-and-68-3-0esr-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2019\/12\/03\/firefox-71-and-68-3-0esr-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox 71 and 68.3.0esr released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Firefox\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/p5nkKzo.jpg\" alt=\"Mozilla\" width=\"65\" height=\"63\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/03\/firefox-71-und-68-3-0esr-verfgbar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">German<\/a>]Mozilla's developer just (December 3, 2019) released version 71 (and 68.3.0 ESR) of the Firefox browser. It is a major version and a maintenance update for 68.3.0. Here is a brief overview of what changes in the new version.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vg01.met.vgwort.de\/na\/2db9a52de59f48ad9448579e2be342cb\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>German blog reader Ralf pointed out the release of both Firefox versions in <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240103212759\/https:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/02\/firefox-70-0-1-freigegeben\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this comment<\/a> (thanks). I just launched Firefox and was offered the update to version 71.<\/p>\n<h2>Firefox 71\u00a0 at a glance<\/h2>\n<p>The following changes or bug fixes are listed in the Firefox <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/71.0\/releasenotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">release notes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Improvements to Lockwise, the integrated password manager: <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Firefox now detects subdomains and automatically fills in domain logins from Lockwise.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/kb\/firefox-lockwise-alerts-breached-websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Integrated security alerts<\/a> from Firefox Monitor are now available to users with screen readers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more about Enhanced Tracking Protection in action:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Notifications when Firefox blocks Crypto-Miner.<\/li>\n<li>n ongoing collection of blocked trackers in the protection field that can be accessed by clicking the address bar label.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2019\/12\/03\/news-from-firefox-on-mobile-private-network-and-desktop\/#PiP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Picture-in-picture video comes to Firefox for Windows<\/a>: Select the blue icon at the right edge of a video to open a floating window so that you can continue to see the video being played in other tabs as you work.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Firefox 71 Picture in Picture\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/hLnP5wk.jpg\" alt=\"Firefox 71 Picture in Picture\" width=\"638\" height=\"523\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There is also native MP3 decoding in Windows, Linux and and macOS.\u00a0The configuration page (about:config) has been reimplemented in HTML. For companies, Firefox 71 offers a new <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/kb\/firefox-enterprise-kiosk-mode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kiosk mode<\/a>, which allows maximum use of the screen area for customer-side ads. In addition, various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/security\/advisories\/mfsa2019-36\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">security vulnerabilities<\/a>, some of which are rated as high, are fixed.<\/p>\n<p>The browser should be offered via auto-update or manual update search in the help menu. The new Firefox is also available for download here for various platforms.<\/p>\n<h2>Firefox 68.3.0\u00a0ESR<\/h2>\n<p>In addition, Mozilla developers have updated the ESR version of Firefox to 68.3.0. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/68.3.0\/releasenotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">release notes<\/a> for Firefox 68.3.0 also list various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/security\/advisories\/mfsa2019-37\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">security fixes<\/a> for this version of the browser. The update should also improve the performance and stability of the browser (list of fixes).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Early feedback from my German blog reader indicates, that Firefox 68.3.0esr may destroy profiles during upgrade. A blog post will follow.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[German]Mozilla's developer just (December 3, 2019) released version 71 (and 68.3.0 ESR) of the Firefox browser. It is a major version and a maintenance update for 68.3.0. 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