ARMOUR Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Firefox 70.0 is the new stable version of the Firefox web browser as of October 22, 2019. Mozilla releases updates for all channels of the Firefox web browser at the same time; this means that besides Firefox 70, Firefox Beta and Dev are upgraded to version 71 and Firefox Nightly is upgraded to version 72. Firefox ESR versions can only be upgraded to Firefox ESR 68.2 as the 60.x branch is no longer supported. Executive Summary The release marks the end of the Firefox 60.x ESR branch. ESR versions need to update to the 68.x branch. Huge page load improvements on all systems (especially Mac OS X). Firefox 70.0 download and update Spoiler Updates are made available on October 22, 2019. We publish the release overview early usually to provide users with information prior to the release. Once released, you may run a manual check for updates in Firefox by selecting Menu > Help > About Firefox. Firefox opens a new window that runs a check for update and either suggests to download and install it, or does to automatically. The following pages list direct downloads for supported Firefox channels. Firefox Stable download Firefox Beta download Nightly download Firefox ESR download Firefox 70.0 Changes Spoiler Enhanced Tracking Protection improvements Mozilla improved the built-in tracking protection feature of the Firefox web browser once more in Firefox 70.0. The organization added the social media tracker blocking component to the standard setting making it a default in the new Firefox version. Firefox users had to switch to strict or custom blocking in previous releases to enable the protection. Social Media trackers are used by social media sites like Facebook or Twitter. Tip: check the about:protections page of the Firefox web browser to look at protection statistics. Firefox Lockwise improvements Firefox Lockwise is a password management solution that Mozilla launched some time ago; it is part of the Firefox web browser and can be opened at any time by loading about:logins in the browser's address bar. The desktop version of Lockwise supports synchronization and the creating, updating, and deleting of logins and passwords. The new version supports integrated breach alerts powered by Firefox Monitor in the new release; this informs users about potentially compromised passwords so that users may react by changing passwords quickly. Firefox Account icon and menu, and What's New icon Mozilla placed a new Firefox Account icon on the Firefox toolbar. A click opens account specific options, e.g. to sign in to a Firefox account, enable synchronization, access logins and passwords, or open the Firefox services Monitor and Send. Firefox users who don't need the icon can remove it with a right-click on the icon and the selection of Remove from Toolbar from the context menu. To add it back at a later time select Firefox Menu > Customize and drag & drop the Firefox Account icon to the toolbar again. A What's New icon is also available that highlights new releases and features. Other changes Firefox may suggest secure passwords when the user encounters input fields that have the autocomplete="new-password" attribute. The default referrer policy for third-party tracking resources is set to strict-origin-when-cross-origin if Tracking Policy is enabled. All FTP resources are downloaded instead of rendered. Firefox will display a notification if a Firefox extension shortcut is already in use. Page Loading improvements (Mozilla claims up to 8%) thanks to a "faster JavaScript Baseline Interpreter. WebRender technology is available on more desktop systems. Enabled by default on all Windows Desktops with integrated Intel graphics cards and a resolution of 1920x1200 or less). Mac OS X users benefit from Compositor improvements. It reduces page load time by up to 22% and resource use of videos by up to 37% according to Mozilla. When a site uses Geolocation, an indicator is now displayed in the Firefox address bar. Firefox pages use the system theme (dark or light) in the new release. Firefox users on Mac Os X devices may import passwords from Chrome now. Firefox 70.0 known issues Developer Changes The developer tools place an icon next to inactive CSS properties in the Rules View of the Page Inspector. Hover over the icon to find out why the property is inactive. The Color Picker in the CSS Rules View interface informs you whether the contrast of foreground colors with background colors meets accessibility conformance criteria. Stylesheets in <style> elements are now cached by Firefox. New Web Audio API features implemented or updated. Notification permission requests from cross-origin iframes are disallowed. Permission requests are not allowed anymore in fullscreen mode. New Network Status API to look up Internet connection properties. The Downloads API supports the Referer header in the browser.downloads.download API's headers object. Extension storage can now be inspected using the Storage Inspector of the Developer Tools. Network Resource Search option in the Developer Tools to find resources quickly. Firefox for Android Fixed a welcome screen crash. New sign-in to Firefox Account options. Security updates / fixes Security updates are revealed after the official release of the web browser. You find the information published here later today. Additional information / sources Firefox 70 release notes Article Source: https://www.ghacks.net/2019/10/22/firefox-70-0-release-information/ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/10/firefox-70-a-bountiful-release-for-all/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudboy Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 One thing for certain, I'm changing the icon back to pre-70. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlston Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Firefox 70 brings Enhanced Tracking Protection and longer battery life Firefox 70 brings users privacy, battery, and performance improvements. Enlarge / Mozilla is taking a pretty huge bite out of the current generation of tracking tools. Let the arms race continue! Mozilla Yesterday, Mozilla released Firefox 70. The newest version of the most-popular fully open source browser expands on the Enhanced Tracking Protection we saw as an option in Firefox 69 and turns that protection on by default for all users. We already saw most of these new features in our Firefox 70 beta coverage, but since then, the features have been expanded upon and fine-tuned, and major new features have appeared or have been added in the Lockwise online password manager for users who have a Firefox cloud account. First image of article image gallery. Please visit the source link to see all images. In addition to automatically generating pseudorandom passwords for you, saving them, and automatically filling out login forms with them, Lockwise continuously scans the Internet for password and database dumps that might contain leaked copies of your credentials. Lockwise does this by comparing a hash of each of your passwords to hashes of the passwords in the dumps and leaks—so you don't have to worry about Mozilla itself, or its employees, "knowing" your password. We really like David Murphy of Lifehacker's idea of setting Firefox's homepage to about:protections. That way, the Privacy Report becomes the content of any new tab created before you actually head to a website. This makes it that much more likely you'll actually see the information and notice everything from changes to how sites are tracking you to whether your credentials have been leaked somewhere. Enlarge / Macbook users will find Firefox 70 to be much easier on the battery than previous versions were. Mozilla Firefox 70 also brings serious improvements in battery life for Mac users. The handy chart above pretty much says it all; if you're a Mac user and Firefox has been a no-go for you until now due to the toll taken on your battery, it's time to give it another try. Some, but not all users will also see improvements in performance due to partial compositing and other graphics improvements. According to Mozilla: Firefox uses partial compositing on some platforms and GPU combinations, but not on all of them. Notably, partial compositing is enabled in Firefox on Windows for non-WebRender, non-Nvidia systems on reasonably recent versions of Windows, and on all systems where hardware acceleration is off. Firefox currently does not use partial compositing on Linux or Android. The full list of new features, fixes, and changes is available in Mozilla's Release Notes, and new users can download the browser here. If you're already using Firefox, you can force an update now by going from the hamburger menu to Help —> About Firefox, at which point it should begin the new download automatically and immediately. Source: Firefox 70 brings Enhanced Tracking Protection and longer battery life (Ars Technica) Front paged here... Mozilla Firefox Browser 70.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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