Firefox is giving its browser an update Tuesday that may not feature many major upgrades but should help boost productivity in the popular browser. In a post on its blog Selena Deckelmann, vice president of Firefox’s desktop product development, detailed the new features it is adding to what it calls version 75.0. To start with, […]
Mozilla’s Test Pilot program allowed users to try new Firefox features without having to install a development version of the browser, like the Canary build for Edge and Chrome. Mozilla closed Test Pilot back in January but is bringing it back with a new Private Network beta extension that functions similarly to a VPN. The […]
Browsers have always been free, but many think that paid browsers are the future especially after Google laid out plans to obstruct ad-blocking in Chromium-based browsers. Now, Mozilla is gauging interest in what is likely the first paid subscription coming to Firefox: ad-free news and articles for $5.00 a month. Mozilla seems to have a […]
Are you running Firefox version 67.0.3 or Firefox ESR 60.7.1? If the answer is “no,” or you’re not sure, maybe just update your web browser now. Firefox maker Mozilla is warning (via ZDNet) that the browser has a zero-day flaw that’s actively being exploited in the wild you don’t see that every day and it […]
Mozilla’s Firefox is getting a new logo that is meant to reflect that the brand now stands for more than a browser. “The ‘Firefox’ you’ve always known as a browser is stretching to cover a family of products and services united by putting you and your privacy first,” Mozilla explained. “Firefox is a browser AND […]
For more than a decade, we’ve been able to count on one crucial piece of software being available entirely for free: web browsers. But that may soon change. Mozilla plans to start offering a subscription service inside of Firefox that offers access to “premium” features like a VPN service or cloud storage. It’s still unclear […]
Yesterday we reported Firefox users with any add-on installed found their beloved browser had reverted to its ‘vanilla’ form, as an expired security certificate meant all add-ons couldn’t be verified and thus were disabled. Confused users headed to the Firefox subreddit and Mozilla’s own ‘bugzilla’ forums where confirmation was given of the problem. It transpired […]
Did you just open Firefox only to find all of your extensions disabled and/or otherwise not working? You’re not alone, and it’s nothing you did. Reports are pouring in of a glitch that has spontaneously disabled effectively all Firefox extensions. Each extension is now being listed as a “legacy” extension, alongside a warning that it […]