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Firefox 50 is out, here is what’s new

Another release of the popular Mozilla Firefox browser is out today. Version 50 features a number changes you may like. Let's see what Mozilla developers prepared for us.


firefox logo bannerKey changes in this release are as follows:

  • Faster startup. Developers fixed a bug in the built-in SDK module which affects the browser performance.
  • a refined search UI. It is covered in detail here: Firefox 50 comes with a refined search UI.Firefox 50 new search UI non modal
  • A new shortcut to enable the Reader mode on supported web pages. Now you can use Ctrl + Alt + R to bring it up.Firefox 48 reader view narrate voice
  • The ability to go through opened tabs with Ctrl + Tab. This feature needs to be enabled in Preferences.
  • The browser is able to render Emoji even when the operating system has no support for them. It doesn't require special fonts like Noto Sans to be installed.

Besides these, Firefox 50 comes with a number of improvements to Developer tools and security fixes. You can get the browser here:

Download FIrefox 50

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Author: Sergey Tkachenko

Sergey Tkachenko is a software developer who started Winaero back in 2011. On this blog, Sergey is writing about everything connected to Microsoft, Windows and popular software. Follow him on Telegram, Twitter, and YouTube.

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