![]() ![]() Linux users are best advised to install Firefox from their distro repos, Flathub, or similar – though it can take a day or two for a new version to be pushed out as a software update.The Mozilla Firefox 117 web browser is now available for download ahead of its August 29th official release, so here’s an early look at what it brings new and what’s been changed since Firefox 116.ĭuring the beta phase, Firefox 117 offered an awesome new feature that other browsers already have, namely a built-in and automatic translation engine for websites, but that’s privacy-aware as it does all the translation locally in your web browser. You can download the latest release from the Firefox website directly. Mozilla Firefox is free, open source software available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Naturally (as some commenters take exception if I don’t explicitly mention it) this new release also includes scores of bug fixes, stability boosts, integration buffs, and other lower-level changes.Īlas, the lovely rounded bottom corners I enthused on recently are not among them (as in turned on by default) but we can look out for those in a future update! Getting Firefox 118 Font fingerprinting protection in private browsing mode.Pocket newtab sponsored topsite enabled by default. ![]() Web Audio in Firefox now uses the FDLIBM math library.Mozilla themselves only mention the feature in the release notes for this version, Firefox 118 (which is why I’m carping on about it so much incase you wondered).īut there’s more to Firefox 118 besides transmogrifying text: ![]() Be prepared for slow(ish) translation times if translating lengthy text on lower-end devices.Īccording to other Linux blogs Firefox’s “translation” feature shipped in Firefox 117 but it never appeared for me. This means translated text never leaves your device which is a big privacy boon.īut while this “client-side” element is a core selling point it does have a drawback: Firefox’s new transliteration talents are not instantaneous. Their privacy-aware translation engine runs locally (“client-side”) on your device. You can even enable automatic translationįirefox’s Private Translations feature is based on technology from the Bergamot project. ![]()
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