Topic: Firefox

News articles, tutorials, add-ons and other miscellaneous tips for the Mozilla Firefox Web Browser.

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Firefox 51 Released with FLAC Support, Better CPU Usage

A new month means a new release of the venerable Mozilla Firefox web browser. Firefox 51 ships with FLAC support, WebGL 2, and a whole heap more — come see!

24 January 2017

How to Install GNOME Shell Extensions with Firefox & Chrome

It'll soon be harder to install GNOME Extensions with Firefox, as the browser retires support for NPAPI plugins. We show you how to keep the feature.

23 January 2017
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Firefox Developer Edition Gets Flatpak’d

Some great news for fans of distro-agnostic app distribution: Firefox Developer Edition is now available to install as a Flatpak!

5 January 2017
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Firefox 50 Brings Native Emoji to Linux Desktops

Firefox 50 comes bundled with an Emoji One font, enabling Linux users to see full colour emoji on the web.

15 November 2016
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Firefox Reader Mode is Finally Getting a Keyboard Shortcut

Among the changes which arrived in the September release of Firefox 49 were an enhanced set of Reader Mode features, including spoken narration and line-width spacing options.  All very welcome. But the improvements aren’t stopping there. Firefox 50, which is […]

26 September 2016

Firefox 49 Released, This Is What’s New

Mozilla has released Firefox 49 for Windows, Mac and Linux. The latest update to the popular open-source web browser introduces a range of (always) welcome improvements. Among them, Firefox 49 ships with native support for the Widevine CDM on Linux. This enables you to […]

20 September 2016

3 Firefox Add-ons Every Ubuntu User Needs

Firefox is the default browser in Ubuntu — but it doesn’t integrate with the Unity desktop as well as it could. That’s where the following Ubuntu Firefox add-ons come in. These little extras, trivial though they seem, help […]

20 August 2016

Firefox 49 for Linux Will Let You Watch Netflix Without Plugins

Firefox is to begin supporting the Google Widevine CDM on Linux from next month, allowing native, plugin-free playback of encrypted media content like Netflix.

15 August 2016

Mozilla Has Axed Firefox Hello, Will Remove It From Installs Next Month

Firefox Hello becomes Firefox Goodbye, as Mozilla announce they've discontinued the WebRTC feature and plan to remove it from the browser starting next month.

5 August 2016

Firefox 48 Released, This Is What’s New (Updated)

Mozilla Firefox 48 features new security settings, improves WebRTC, and makes it easier to find bookmarked content from the Awesome bar.

2 August 2016
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Make Firefox Show Download Progress on the Unity Launcher

If you want to see Firefox download progress on the Unity Launcher then click in. We look at a new Firefox add-on that offers this sweet Unity integration.

1 August 2016
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How to Install GNOME Extensions on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Learn how to install GNOME extensions on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and above in this simple guide. GNOME Shell extensions are hugely popular, so don't miss out!

6 July 2016