One of the highlights of this update is the ability to install Firefox Nightly in .deb format using the APT repository, which is a significant change for those who use traditional binaries distributed as .tar.bz2 archives.

With Mozilla’s APT repository, users and administrators can install and update Firefox just like any other application on their system.

With the switch to the .deb format, Firefox Nightly is also intelligently optimized for the compiler, which can further improve performance.

Mozilla has strengthened the installation package files and enabled all the necessary security flags to ensure a safer browsing experience. You’ll also get the latest updates faster because the package is tied to the Firefox release process and eliminates the need to create your own .desktop file.

The following steps to set up the APT repository and install the Firefox Nightly .deb package:

First, import the Mozilla APT repository signing key.

wget -q https://packages.mozilla.org/apt/repo-signing-key.gpg -O- | gpg –dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/packages.mozilla.org.gpg > /dev/null

The fingerprint should be 35BA A0B3 3E9E B396 F59C A838 C0BA 5CE6 DC63 15A3

gpg –quiet –no-default-keyring –keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/packages.mozilla.org.gpg –fingerprint | awk ‘/pub/{getline; gsub(/^ +| +$/ ,””); print “\n”$0″\n”}’

Next, add the Mozilla APT repository to your sources list.

echo “deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/packages.mozilla.org.gpg] https://packages.mozilla.org/apt mozilla main” | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/ sources.list.d/mozilla main sources.list.d/mozilla.list > /dev/null

Update your package list and install the Firefox Nightly .deb package.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install firefox-nightly

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For those who want to experience the new version, they previously had to download the installer and reinstall it. Mozilla has recently made an adjustment by providing an upgrade path from Thunderbird 102 to 115, so users can click through to complete the update.

Users wanting to update will need to do so manually by clicking Help > About Thunderbird to open a small pop-up window that lists the currently installed version and any available updates.

Thunderbird 102 users can see the 115.2.0 update and users will download the update after clicking on it, Mozilla has not officially released the new version of the changelog, but the actual test synchronization and other features are not online.

Thunderbird 115 features a three-column design by default, introducing a new set of icons, a new toolbar at the top, and a left sidebar, with improvements including:

• Sortable folder mode makes it easy to move folders up and down in the sidebar.
• Tab View is a new view of the folder pane.
• Designed for “people who are used to modern webmail,” the Cards view simulates a mobile interface list with multi-line support.
• Further improvements to the address bar include a new table view, an improved edit view, and more.
• Accessibility has been improved by introducing keyboard navigation options and screen reader assistance throughout the application, and the Tab key and left and right arrow keys can also be used extensively for navigating email content.
• Calendar design has been improved with new month layouts, improved day, week, month grids, and more.
• Encryption and OpenPGP improvements, such as support for user-designed OpenPGP passwords.
• Added OAuth2 support for Fastmail.
• The minimum user agent is now sent by default.
• New option to always show the system tray icon.
• Remote calendars can now be reloaded individually.

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Mozilla shared with the foreign technology media 9to5Mac the closing of the macOS version of the Pocket application, saying that it would like to focus on cross-device consistency,

The statement is as follows:

We want to create a more consistent user experience across mobile and web, making it easy for users to discover, save and access your content on any device, at any point in time.

Mozilla recommends that Mac users install the Pocket app for iOS, but this is limited to Apple Silicon Mac devices.

For those with Intel Macs, after August 15, the Pocket app is recommended for iPhone/iPad or the web version for Mac.

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▲ Picture source Mozilla Thunderbird

▲ Picture source Mozilla Thunderbird

▲ Picture source Mozilla Thunderbird

▲ Picture source Mozilla Thunderbird

▲ Picture source Mozilla Thunderbird

Mozilla issued a press release in February this year that it would start a major reworking of its email client Thunderbird.

We plan to enable a new look and interactive experience in the 115 release in July, designed to provide a simple and clean interface for "new" users, with more customizable options through a flexible and adaptable interface to allow veteran users to maintain the familiarity they prefer.

Since early 2020, the development of Thunderbird has been handled by MZLA Technologies, a subsidiary of Mozilla, and has since transitioned to a community-driven project. The email client is now gaining popularity as the Firefox browser evolves.

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Mozilla.ai’s vision is to help developers make it easier to develop trustworthy AI products. The company’s first goal is to provide safer, more transparent tools for generative AI like ChatGPT.

The company’s managing director is Moez Draief, an academic at Imperial College, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a well known scientist within the AI industry.

Initially, Karim Lakhani of Harvard University, Navrina Singh of Credo and Mark Surman of Mozilla will serve on the board.

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Total Cookie Protection is one of Firefox’s privacy features, first introduced in Firefox 86 (not the default setting), then extended to private browsing mode in Firefox 89 (privacy mode is enabled by default), and further improved in Firefox 91 to prevent data leakage.

The Mozilla press release as follows.

By making Total Cookie Protection available to all users by default, Firefox now leaves Chrome and Edge in the dust when it comes to privacy protection. mozilla believes that while advertising is at the heart of the Internet economy, privacy protection for consumers should not be optional.

Total Cookie Protection works by creating a separate cookie storage area (Cookie Jar) for each website you visit. Rather than having trackers associate your behavior on multiple sites, you can have them only see behavior on a single site.

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The program is described as supporting early-stage startups whose products or technologies promote one or more of the values in the Mozilla manifesto, such as privacy, inclusion, transparency, accessibility and human dignity. Its long-term strategy is “to support an ecosystem of products and technologies that respect users and make the Internet a healthier place.

Mozilla has committed $35 million (currently about RMB 243 million) to support the fund and is currently making a small investment and talking to partners interested in co-investing in the fund.

Mozilla is a non-profit organization that develops Firefox, the Firefox browser, with the goal of making the web a sustainable service to the public, without building products and policies for profit, according to the official website.

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Firefox 109 does not add many new features, this update is mainly to support the extension of the default enable Manifest V3, while the new “unified extension” button.

The Manifest V3 claims to be more capable of improving security, privacy, and browser performance and will limit the functionality of extensions, especially those designed to monitor, modify, and interact between the browser and the websites the user visits. However, compared to Manifest V2, Google’s changes in Manifest V3 are said to be mainly aimed at combating ad-blocking extensions on websites, and extensions can no longer load-scripts.

Some of the changes in Mozilla Firefox 109 are as follows.

• Spanish (es-ES, es-AR) version of the spell checker has a built-in dictionary
• Support for end-of-scroll events
• Support for browser import from Vivaldi, Opera GX
• Picture-in-picture now supports subtitles from HBO Max
• The default content security policy for the Manifest V3 extension has also been updated.
• As part of the Manifest V3 changes, a new “Unified Extensions” button has also been introduced

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The three companies mentioned above are the vendors of the three mainstream browsers Safari, Chrome and Firefox, so the three-way collaboration makes a lot of sense.

Google said the goal of the three-way partnership is to “build a collaborative understanding of web performance to help drive browser performance improvements in a way that helps users.

Apple’s WebKit team added that the collaboration “will help us further improve our benchmarks and enhance browser performance for our users.

The three companies are using a “joint governance model” on GitHub to share work between their teams.

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Update log.

• Fixes an issue with reliable access to certain sites in private browsing mode or strict ETP due to an anti-adblocker (bug 1717806).
• Fixed an issue with color management not working for some users (bug 1799391).
• Fixed an issue with overlapping text in some regional settings menus (bug 1800379).
• Fixes an incompatibility with the new Windows 11 22H2 suggested actions feature that caused a hang when copying phone number links (bug 1798098).
• Fixes an issue that prevents access to the DevTools UI when displaying a warning dialog (bug 1801840).

Firefox 107, a major update released on November 15, mainly fixes several security issues in the browser and improves performance on Windows 11 22H2, and also supports power consumption analysis for Linux and Mac users, with few changes overall.

In addition, Mozilla has rolled out a beta version of Firefox 108, the Firefox browser, to Beta channel users with WebMIDI enabled by default. WebMIDI is an API designed to provide MIDI support for web browsers, making it easier for musicians to interact with music on the web.

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