Mozilla Firefox Browser Stable Version Releases

Here's something good Mozilla has done, and it has kept its promise. I will see how well this works when the time comes. It's not here yet (talking about Manifest v3). You go, Moz.

https://adguard.com/en/blog/firefox-manifestv3-chrome-adblocking.html

 

As I understand from this article on Mozilla Add-ons Community Blog, they will deprecate MV2 extensions just like Google will do:

So, does this mean that MV2 extensions that are no longer maintained will just stop working?

For example, I rely heavily on the "Open With" extension, mainly to open video links in MPV media player or download them with yt-dlp.
https://i.postimg.cc/Y0Qx3dBC/Screenshot-20230520.png

In that case I'll have to switch to the latest MV2 compatible Firefox ESR release after the change lands in Stable, or use the Pale Moon browser for that extension.
(version 6.8.6 still works on it)

Code:

https://ca-archive.us.to/storage/11/11097/open_with-6.8.6-fx+sm+tb.xpi

 

MV3 is no problem for regular extensions, but for ad blockers and similar web filtering extensions due the limits. as far i understood mozilla wont set a limit and wont deprecate the current api. because this wopuld mean that current mv2 extension are no longer usable and this ofc would mean that a lot of users will leave firefox. mozilla never wont do this. why? because they wont lose windows 7 users and get them uplifted to a current OS with no problems, if this would mean windows or some kind of linux.

where i see issues:

this would mean that it wont be possible to load different lists like now. static lists are death of any decent blocker. for windows this could mean for me to switch to adguard app and kick any other kind of static blocking extension.

 

Firefox 113.0.2 Released (May 23, 2023)

→ Release notes

 

thank you PiP issues are noticed in some forums.

 

The end is set for firefox on windows 7/8/8.1
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-users-windows-7-8-and-81-moving-extended-support

channel will be switched to 115 ESR, further builds will probably include a kill switch like v53 for XP

edit:

mozilla has fixed a long being issue.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1813618

"speculative connect"
when choosing a bookmark from address-bar firefox is checking connection, but not loading anything.

Dont want it?
"browser.urlbar.speculativeConnect.enabled" <-- "false"

 

v114 on june, 6
https://whattrainisitnow.com/calendar/ (<-- new site for https://wiki.mozilla.org/Release_Management/Calendar)

 

Is it only the new DNS over HTTPS menu that is now available in Firefox 114 settings, or is Firefox DoH now available worldwide?
Earlier, Firefox DNS over HTTPS was only available in selected regions, like the USA, Canada, Ukraine, and Russia, if I'm not mistaken. I found no up-to-date documentation specifying in which regions Firefox DoH is actually available, currently.

Firefox DNS over HTTPS may be helpful if you're in a country where your ISP may collect and sell personal information, or when you use public Wi-Fi.
If that is not the case, I doubt if one needs Firefox DoH. I guess the question is whether you trust an available DoH provider better than your default DNS resolver.
In the new DNS over HTTPS menu, I selected Off, to disable Firefox DoH.

 

i think no limits, i can chose 1 of 3 preset services. in about:config you can set some more.

 

In the US it is critical that you use DoH or DoT or something similar to hide your browsing history from your ISP, because ISPs here are legally allowed to collect and sell your private data, without your consent, since 2017.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/senate-votes-to-let-isps-sell-your-web-browsing-history-to-advertisers/

Here is an article about a 2021 FTC investigation into what ISPs are collecting about users in US. The link to the full FTC report is in the article.

https://restoreprivacy.com/internet-service-providers-isp-privacy-data-collection/

 

Thanks, Raza.
Yes, I read that in the US your ISP could collect and sell your data, but I didn't know that it was even as terrible as that the Senate voted to eliminate broadband privacy rules. In that case, using DoH may be helpful. Although I think I read it still leaves the ISP room to collect data.

 

In the Firefox DNS-over-HTTPS support article, the About our rollout of DNS over HTTPS section still says: