Firefox der freie Webbrowser des Mozilla Projektes ist in einer neuen Version zum Download freigegeben worden. Mozilla Firefox setzt seit Firefox 57.0 auf die Quantum-Engine und sieht die eigene Rolle nach dem Wechsel von Microsoft Edge auf die Web-Rendering-Engine Chromium gegenüber den weiteren Chromium-basierten Browsern Google Chrome, Opera und Vivaldi, als einzige unabhängige Wahl bedeutend erhöht.
Firefox 64.0 Release Notes:
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Better recommendations: You may see suggestions in regular browsing mode for new and relevant Firefox features, services, and extensions based on how you use the web (for US users only)
Enhanced tab management: You can now select multiple tabs from the tab bar and close, move, bookmark, or pin them quickly and easily
Easier performance management: The new Task Manager page found at about:performance lets you see how much energy each open tab consumes and provides access to close tabs to conserve power
Improved performance for Mac and Linux users, by enabling link time optimization (Clang LTO). (Clang LTO was enabled for Windows users in Firefox 63.)
More seamless sharing on Windows: Windows users can now share web pages using the native sharing experience. You can access Share in the Page Actions menu
Added option to remove add-ons using the context menu on their toolbar buttons
New for enterprise users: Updated the policy engine on macOS to allow using configuration profiles to customize Firefox for enterprise deployments
about:crashes has been redesigned to make it clear when a crash is being submitted to Mozilla, as well as being clear that removing crashes locally does not remove them from crash-stats.mozilla.com
The macOS keyboard shortcut to add “www” and “.com” to a URL is now ctrl-enter instead of [apple]-enter
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You may now overlay multiple CSS grids at the same time (up to 3) in the CSS Grid Inspector
The Web Console’s command line now highlights JavaScript syntax
When hovering over elements in the Accessibility panel, the contrast ratio of text against background is now indicated