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How to Disable Firefox Default Browser Agent in Firefox 75
Starting in Firefox 75, Mozilla expands existing telemetry options in the browser with a new service called Default Browser Agent. It will be installed by default on Windows systems, and run as a scheduled task. This blog post explains how to disable it.
How to Restore https:// and www in Address Bar in Firefox 75
Starting in version 75, Firefox strips the https:// and www portions from the suggestion URLs you see when you type in the address bar. Those suggestions are based on your recent browsing history, include bookmarks, and may include search engine suggestions. Here's how to disable this feature.
How to Restore Classic Address Bar in Firefox 75
Firefox introduced a new address bar with version 75. It features a larger font, and shorter URLs, which do not include https:// and www portions any more. If you are not happy with this change, here's how to undo it.
Mozilla has released a new major version of the Firefox browser. Version 75 is notable for official Flatpak releases, a new address bar behavior, https:// and www removal from URL suggestions, image lazy loading enabled by default, and more.
Mozilla has rolled out a Firefox 74.0.1 and Firefox 68.6.1 ESR. If you are a Firefox user, you should update your web browser ASAP, as the company has resolved two critical vulnerabilities in Firefox, and exploits are already available.
Firefox 76 has got a new behavior for opening web sites. For sites available via both HTTP and HTTPS, Firefox will force HTTPS. Currently, Firefox still prefers HTTP when no protocol scheme is explicitly specified by the user.
Mozilla is going to temporarily re-enable the TLS 1.0/1.1 support in Firefox 74 and 75 Beta. The preference change will be remotely applied to Firefox 74, which has already been released to stable version users.
Mozilla is about to discontinue FTP support in Firefox. The company is going to disable it out of the box in version 77, which is coming on June 2, 2020.
Mozilla is preparing a useful change to Firefox Lockwise, the password manager integrated in the browser. Now it displays an authorization dialog asking for Windows 10 credentials before allowing to edit or view saved logins.
How to Disable Firefox Captive Portal and Connection to detectportal.firefox.com
When you launch Firefox, the browser immediately establishes a new connection to detectportal.firefox.com. This behavior is caused by Captive Portal, a special feature of Firefox. Here's what is Captive Portal, and how to disable it. Disabling Captive Portal will stop Firefox from connecting to detectportal.firefox.com.
