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.
Category: Firefox
Disable Firefox Captive Portal and Connection to detectportal.firefox.com
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.
Disable Detachable Tabs in Mozilla Firefox
How to Disable Detachable Tabs in Mozilla Firefox
Starting in Firefox 74, you can turn off the detachable tabs feature in the browser. This will disable the ability to create a new window from a tab drag-and-drop in Firefox, and save you from accidentally moving a tab and turning it into a separate window.
Firefox 74 is available, here are the changes in this release
Mozilla is releasing Firefox 74, a new stable browser version. Here are the key changes in this release.
Firefox 75 Strips https:// and www From Address Bar Results
Like most of the modern browsers, Firefox shows suggestions when you type in the address bar. Those suggestions are based on your recent browsing history, include bookmarks, and may include search engine suggestions. The upcoming version 75 of Firefox strips the https:// and www portions from the suggestion URL.
Firefox Enables DNS Over HTTPS (DoH) to All in the US
Firefox begins rollout of the encrypted DNS Over HTTPS (DoH) feature. By this time, DNS over HTTPS (DoH) is enabled by default for US-based users only, but that will change in the future.
Firefox VPN is out for Android as beta
Back in December 2019, Mozilla launched Firefox Private Network as beta. It is a private proxy service powered by Cloudflare. This month, Mozilla launched Firefox Private Network VPN for Android, expanding support with available client apps for Windows 10, and Chromebook.
Mozilla Releases Firefox 73.0.1 With Crash Fixes
Mozilla issues a minor update to Firefox 73 users. Firefox 73.0.1 resolves a few crashes caused by incompatibility with certain third-party apps.
Enable Lazy Loading for Images and Iframes in Firefox
How to Enable Lazy Loading for Images and Iframes in Firefox
An interesting feature is coming to Firefox, which will significantly decrease the page loading time in the browser. A native ability to postpone image and iframe loading is already landed in the Nightly version of Firefox 75.
Enable Site Specific Browser in Firefox
How to Enable Site Specific Browser in Firefox
Starting with version Firefox 73, the browser includes a new feature, 'Site Specific Browser', which allows running any web site like a Desktop app, in its own window. It is similar to the Kiosk mode, but doesn't force the selected web page to run fullscreen. Here is how to enable it.
