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Mozilla Firefox 50.0 Now Available for Download, Brings Built-in Emoji on Linux

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Mozilla Firefox 50.0 Now Available for Download, Brings Built-in Emoji on Linux

 

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Improves printing by using the Reader Mode

 

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Just a few moments ago, Mozilla started seeding the binary and source packages of the final release of the Firefox 50.0 web browser for all supported platforms, including GNU/Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows.

 

Believe it or not, the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser has hit the 50.0 milestone, and we have to admit that we expected to see some major features and improvements, but that didn't happen. The biggest new feature of the Firefox 50.0 release appears to be emoji for everyone.

 

That's right, the web browser now ships with built-in emoji for GNU/Linux distributions, as well as other operating systems that don't include native emoji fonts by default, such as Windows 8.0 and previous versions. Also new, Firefox 50.0 now shows lock icon strikethrough for web pages that offer insecure password fields.

 

Users can now cycle through tabs in recently used order using Ctrl+Tab

 

Another interesting change that landed in the Mozilla Firefox 50.0 web browser is the ability to cycle through tabs in recently used order using the Ctrl+Tab keyboard shortcut. Moreover, it's now possible to search for whole words only using the "Find in page" feature.

 

Last but not least, printing was improved as well by using the Reader Mode, which now uses the accel-(opt/alt)-r keyboard shortcut, the Guaraní (gn) locale is now supported, the rendering of dotted and dashed borders with rounded corners (border-radius) has been fixed.

 

Web developers received a bunch of new features as well so check out the changes for devs in Firefox 50.0 reference. In the meantime, you can download Mozilla Firefox 50.0 for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows operating systems right now.

 

Mozilla will officially announce the release of Firefox 50.0 tomorrow, November 15, 2016, and there might be more interesting features than the ones mentioned in this article. In the meantime, if you're using Solus, check its repos in the next couple of hours of the new Firefox 50.0 update.

 

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Firefox 50 Released: Find Out What Is New

 

Mozilla Firefox 50 has been released. Find out what is new in the latest version of the Firefox web browser for the desktop and for Android.

 

Mozilla Firefox 50.0 was released on November 15, 2016. Mozilla postponed the release of the new stable version of the Firefox web browser to ship it with noticeable startup improvements.

 

Note: if you are reading this article on November 15, 2016: Mozilla will release Firefox 50.0 today. It is already available on the FTP, but the roll out of the update may not have happened yet.

 

Mozilla Firefox 50 is the latest stable version of the browser. It replaces previous stable versions when installed, including the recently released Firefox 49.0.2, 49.0.1 and 49.0.

 

All beta channels have received updates as well. This means that Firefox Beta is now on version 51, Firefox Developer Edition on version 52, and Firefox Nightly on version 53. Firefox ESR, the Extended Support Release version of the browser was updated to version 45.5.

 

Executive Summary

  1. Firefox 50 is the new stable version of Firefox. The release was delayed to integrate startup improvements in the browser.
  2. Firefox 51 Beta, Firefox 52 Developer, and Firefox 53 Nightly are now also available.
  3. Firefox ESR has been updated to version 45.5.
  4. This is the last major release of Firefox in 2016.

Firefox 50 download and update

 

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Installed copies of Firefox will pick up the new version once it is pushed out by Mozilla. Firefox ships with automatic updates enabled, which means that you don't need to do anything to upgrade Firefox if that is the case.

 

You may check for updates manually however to speed up the process. This is done by tapping on the Alt-key in the browser, and selecting Help > About Firefox. Firefox lists the current version in a window that opens, and runs an update check on top of that.

 

You may download all editions of Firefox using the links below instead.

  • Firefox Stable download
  • Firefox Beta download
  • Firefox Developer download
  • Nightly download
  • Firefox ESR download
  • Firefox unbranded builds information

Firefox 50 Changes

 

Faster Startup

 

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The main reason why the Firefox 50 release got delayed: Mozilla identified issues in Firefox code in regards to how Firefox and its add-on SDK handle JavaScript loads. We have talked about this in detail back when the announcement was made, and I suggest you check out the article for details.

 

Only this much: Mozilla noticed better startup performance. Mileage varies and depends on the add-ons that are installed. A quick test by Mozilla revealed that startup performance improved by 35% on systems without add-ons installed, and more on systems with add-ons installed.

 

Find in page: limit to word matches

 

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Firefox's Find in page functionality is handy as it enables you to search for content on a page quickly.

 

You can use the shortcut Ctrl-F to trigger the functionality. The new feature comes in form of a checkbox that you can enable for searches. When done, only full word matches are returned.

 

So, if you search for fire, all instances of the word on the page are highlighted while Firefox, firetruck or fireball are not.

 

Other Firefox 50 changes

  • New keyboard shortcut to load a page in Reader mode using Ctrl-Alt-R (on Mac Command-Alt-R). This works only on pages were Reader Mode is available for.
  • New preference under General about:preferences#general to cycle through tabs in recently used order when using Ctrl-Tab. Not enabled by default.
  • Improved printing by using the Reader Mode. Could not find any information on that. This does not seem to be the Simplify Page printing option as it is not enabled by default.
  • Security lock icon changes for pages with insecure password fields. Could not get this to work either.
  • Added Guarani locale.
  • Built-in set of Emoji added on systems without native support (Windows 8.0 and lower, and Linux).

Developer Changes

 

No major developer changes this time around:

  • The Storage Inspector of the Developer Tools lets you delete individual items from IndexedDB object stores now.
  • Memory Tool is enabled by default.
  • Cookie prefixes _Host and _Secure are implemented.
  • Referrer-Policy header has been implemented.
  • Support for sandbox CSP directive has been added.
  • Content Security Policy can be set for workers.
  • Ping attribute of a elements abides by connect-src CSP 1.1 policy directive.
  • Support for dragging and dropping multiple items via HTML5 added (DataTransfer.items).
  • Set of File and Directory Entries API elements have been added to improve site compatibility.

Firefox for Android

  • The user interface was simplified by combining the Recent Tabs and History page.
  • Support for HLS videos via player overlay added.

Security updates / fixes

 

Security updates are published some time after the Firefox release. We will add those when they become available.

 

Additional information / sources

Now Read: The state of Mozilla Firefox

 

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