Firefox add-on Adblock Plus released as a WebExtension
Adblock Plus, the -- by far -- most popular browser extension for the Mozilla Firefox web browser, has been released as a WebExtension.
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Tor on Linux/Mac may leak IP (update available)
Tor users who use the Tor browser on Linux or Mac OS X devices may want to update the program to version 7.
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Firefox 58: Mozilla will collect only base Telemetry data (release channel)
Mozilla will change Telemetry collecting in Firefox fundamentally for users on the release channel; in short: only base Telemetry is collected in release channe
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Mozilla launches redesigned Firefox Add-ons website
Mozilla launched a redesign of the official Firefox Add-ons website recently which changed the look and feel, and some functionality of the site.
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Bandwidth Hero: compress images to save data in Firefox and Chrome
Bandwidth Hero is a free extension for Chrome and Firefox that compresses images before they are sent to the browser that requested them.
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Firefox 58 for Android: enable Quantum CSS engine
Mozilla plans to release the first major bits of Project Quantum, the organizations new web engine in Firefox 57 Stable on the desktop.
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Firefox 58 warns you if sites use Canvas image data
Mozilla plans to display permission prompts if websites or services attempt to use HTML5 Canvas Image Data in the Firefox web browser.
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How to enable Firefox WebExtensions on Mozilla websites
One of the limitations of the new WebExtensions add-on system of the Firefox web browser was up until now that these extensions would not work on some websites
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Mozilla plans four new Firefox Test Pilot Experiments
Mozilla plans to run four new Test Pilot experiments for the Firefox web browser in the coming two quarters.
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How to find replacements for Firefox legacy add-ons
Mozilla Firefox 57 will launch next month to the browser's stable channel.
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What is pingsender.exe on Windows?
If you monitor the connections your computer makes, you may have noticed that a program called pingsender.
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LastPass Beta for Firefox 57+ released
LastPass, creators of the password management service of the same name, have released a beta version of LastPass for Firefox that is compatible with Firefox 57
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Mozilla might offer Freemium services in the future
Mozilla is best known for the Firefox web browser but also for its active stance on privacy, net neutrality and openness.
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How to deal with Firefox extensions that require cookies
Some Firefox extensions require access to local storage and/or indexedDB, for instance to store data on the user device Firefox runs on.
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Firefox command line options: a practical list with examples
Firefox command line options are switches you add after the Firefox executable to change how the browser starts.
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Mozilla to launch Firefox Cliqz Experiment with data collecting
Mozilla plans to launch a new Firefox experiment for Cliqz next week for German Firefox users who download the browser from the organization's website.
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Nuke Anything Enhanced for Firefox 57
Nuke Anything Enhanced is the WebExtensions based version of the popular web page element remover for the Firefox web browser.
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Mozilla to end Firefox support for Windows XP and Vista in June 2018
Mozilla, maker of the Firefox web browser, announced today that Firefox support for Windows XP and Windows Vista will be ended in June 2018.
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Firefox 56: new preferences and Ghacks user.js changes
Mozilla released Firefox 56 to the release channel a couple of days ago, and this overview provides you with information on new, updated, and removed changes ma
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Waterfox 55.2 update and roadmap released
A new version of the Waterfox web browser, Waterfox 55.
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Mozilla needs to adjust new review process for Firefox add-ons
Mozilla switched to a new Firefox add-ons review system recently which reduces the time it takes before extensions are listed on Mozilla AMO (the official Firef
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Mozilla changes review process for Firefox WebExtensions
Mozilla will switch the manual review process to an automated process for WebExtension submissions to the official Mozilla Add-ons website (Mozilla AMO).
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Mozilla launches Firefox Rocket browser in Indonesia
First traces of a new web browser by Mozilla, makers of Firefox, appeared today on the company's official support website.
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Firefox: Adblock Plus lost millions of users in the past year
Adblock Plus is the most popular content blocking add-on for the Mozilla Firefox web browser.
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Firefox 56.0: find out what is new
Mozilla will release Firefox 56.
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Tree Style Tab is a WebExtension now
Tree Style Tab (TST) is a popular Firefox extension that organizes browser tabs into a hierarchical, vertical tree structure in the sidebar.
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Mozilla: Firefox Quantum twice as fast as Firefox six months ago
Firefox 57 is twice as fast as Firefox versions that were released six months ago according to Mozilla, the organization behind the web browser.
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How to import Bookmarks, Passwords and other data to Firefox
When you run the Firefox web browser on a desktop system for the first time, you are prompted to import browsing data from other browsers.
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Greasemonkey 4: Firefox 57 compatibility
The developers of the popular userscript extension Greasemonkey for Firefox have announced Greasemonkey 4, a new version of the browser extension.
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Firefox and IndexedDB from a Privacy perspective
The Firefox web browser like any other modern web browsers uses IndexedDB to store persistent data that is associated with the browsing profile.
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Wave goodbye to CloudFlare Captchas: Cloudflare Privacy Pass lands
If you connect to the Tor network or VPN services regularly, you may have noticed an increase in CloudFlare captcha challenges whenever you are connected to the
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Firefox 57: Search bar off by default
Mozilla plans to remove the search bar of the Firefox web browser by default in Firefox 57.
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Remove Firefox address bar whitespace
Recent versions of the Firefox web browser come with a bit of whitespace on the left and right side of the browser's address bar (apparently this will launch in
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Firefox on Android: masquerade as Chrome for a better experience
If you use a browser that is not Google Chrome, you may get a different experience when you are using Google services.
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Taborama for Firefox combines Tab Groups with Containers
Taborama is an experimental add-on for the Firefox web browser that combines the use of containers with Tab Groups functionality.
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Download Star, a Down Them All alternative for Firefox
Download Star is a relatively new browser extension for Mozilla Firefox which you may use to download multiple files on web pages in one operation.
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Firefox gets a new headless mode
Mozilla plans to introduce headless mode support in Firefox 55 Stable on Linux and Firefox 56 Stable on Windows and Mac devices.
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uBlock Origin released as a pure WebExtension for Firefox
A new WebExtension version of the popular content blocker uBlock Origin was just uploaded to Mozilla's official add-ons repository for Firefox.
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How to mute all sites by default in Firefox
Mute sites by default is a new add-on for the Firefox web browser that changes the default state of all sites in Firefox to mute.
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Firefox WebExtensions may be used to identify you on the Internet
All modern web browsers leak extension information to sites if the sites run scripts to pull the information.
