{"id":12522,"date":"2020-01-08T00:29:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T23:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/159.69.82.204\/win\/?p=12522"},"modified":"2022-07-21T18:38:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T16:38:35","slug":"firefox-72-and-68-4-0esr-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2020\/01\/08\/firefox-72-and-68-4-0esr-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox 72 and 68.4.0esr 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\/2020\/01\/08\/firefox-72-und-68-4-0esr-verfgbar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">German<\/a>]Mozilla's developers have just released (January 7, 2020) version 72 (and 68.4.0 ESR) of the Firefox browser. This is a major version and the 68.4.0 ISR is a maintenance update. Both versions close a number of security holes. Here is a brief overview of what changes in each new version.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vg07.met.vgwort.de\/na\/ce77f7a6b0e54fb7a06640f678aeb4dd\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>German blog reader Ralf has pointed out the release of both Firefox versions in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/03\/firefox-71-und-68-3-0esr-verfgbar\/#comment-82609\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this comment<\/a> (thanks). When I looked last night, this build was not yet scheduled for an auto-update. I just started Firefox and was offered the update to version 72.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/nIkNYJw.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Firefox 72 at a glance<\/h2>\n<p>The following changes or bug fixes are listed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/72.0\/releasenotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">release notes<\/a> of Firefox:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/de\/kb\/verbesserter-schutz-aktivitatenverfolgung-desktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enhanced Tracking Protection<\/a>: Firefox 72 now blocks <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201215174005\/https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/firefox\/how-to-block-fingerprinting-with-firefox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fingerprinting scripts<\/a> for all users by default with improved activity tracking protection.<\/li>\n<li>Firefox replaces <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/firefox\/block-notification-requests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">annoying pop-ups<\/a> for notification requests with a speech bubble displayed in the address bar. This means that pop-ups can no longer interrupt surfing.<\/li>\n<li>Picture-in-picture video is now available in Firefox for Mac and Linux: Select the blue icon at the right edge of a video (see illustration) to open a floating window so you can continue watching while working in other tabs or applications (see <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/kb\/about-picture-picture-firefox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">also<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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>In addition, Firefox 72 closes several security holes, which are described <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/security\/advisories\/mfsa2020-01\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>, and which are classified as high. The developers have removed support for blocking images from individual domains from Firefox. Reason: It was rarely used and the usability is poor.<\/p>\n<p>In Windows, experimental support for using client certificates from the OS certificate store can be enabled by setting <em>security.osclientcerts.autoload<\/em> to <em>true<\/em>. 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 68.4.0 ESR<\/h2>\n<p>Additionally, the Mozilla developers have updated the ESR version of Firefox to 68.4.0. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/68.4.0\/releasenotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">release notes<\/a> for Firefox 68.4.0 also list <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/security\/advisories\/mfsa2020-02\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">various security fixes<\/a> for this version of the browser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[German]Mozilla's developers have just released (January 7, 2020) version 72 (and 68.4.0 ESR) of the Firefox browser. This is a major version and the 68.4.0 ISR is a maintenance update. Both versions close a number of security holes. 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