Mozilla has released two new versions of its popular open source browser for the Windows, macOS and Linux operating systems, Firefox 108.0 and Firefox 102.6 ESR. Background tabs now use Windows 11 efficiency mode and the WebMIDI API for musicians a new experimental mechanism.
Firefox 108.0 and Firefox 102.6 ESR published
Exactly one month after the release of Firefox 107.0 and the Extended Support Release Firefox 102.5 ESR, on which the new Tor Browser 12.0 is also based, the developers of the Mozilla Foundation have released their new browsers Firefox 108.0 and Firefox 102.6 ESR for download. Even if the official release notes have not yet been published, the editors have already made the changes.
Update for WebMIDI and background tabs
In addition to optimizations for the WebMIDI API, which makes it easier for musicians to use MIDI instruments over the Internet, and the background tabs, which now use the efficiency mode under Windows 11 to save resources, further changes are included in the release .
- Import maps, which allow websites to control the behavior of JavaScript imports, are now enabled by default.
- Firefox now supports correct color correction of images tagged with ICCv4 profiles.
- The Shift + Esc keyboard shortcut now opens the Process Manager and provides a way to quickly identify processes that are consuming too many resources.
- Processes used for background tabs now use efficiency mode on Windows 11 to limit resource usage.
- The bookmarks toolbar's default setting of “Only show in new tabs” now works correctly even with empty new tabs. As before, you can change the behavior of the Bookmarks toolbar via the toolbar's context menu.
- The handling of non-ASCII characters when saving and printing PDF forms has been improved.
- Firefox now supports the WebMIDI API along with a new experimental mechanism to control access to critical functions .
Remarkable is the support for the correct color correction of images, which are marked with corresponding ICCv4 profiles, as well as the optimization of the process manager, which now also offers the possibility of processes that are particularly resource-intensive are to be identified and terminated.
As usual, Mozilla has noted the adjustments for developers in the areas of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Media, WebRTC and Web Audio in separate release notes. The two new versions are officially released today via the update function and can then be called up and installed via the application menu → Help → About Firefox.
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