Mozilla launched Firefox Quantum few months ago, which they claimed is two times faster and 30% lighter than Google Chrome. Now, the company has released a new update for the desktop and Android version of the browser with new features and multiple improvement added.
Where Firefox Quantum version 59 on desktop get improved privacy in its Private Browsing mode, faster page load times on webpages, new tools for annotating and cropping Firefox screenshots, and better arrangement for top sites on the browser's Home Page. And on the other hand, Firefox for Android gets support for websites that stream videos using the HLS protocol.
The changelog that accompanied this update for Firefox 59 on Android includes support for the browser as an assist app allowing users to start searching by pressing the home button on their smartphones. Furthermore, the app now allows HLS or HTTP Live Streaming video playback with the same Firefox Private Browsing upgrades, and users can also lock video full screen while in landscape mode.
For the desktop version, the update comes with a number of performance enhancement, such as faster load times for content which the browser will achieve by loading it from networked cache or cache obtained directly from the user's hard drive. Off-Main-Thread Painting (OMTP) is also being introduced for Mac to offer better graphic rendering.
Firefox Screenshots also got boosted with new features like basic annotation and cropping with options for users to draw on, highlight, or change the viewable area of screenshots. Besides that, the update also enhances Real-Time Communication (RTC) capabilities, adds support for W3C specs, and blocks unknown websites from sending notifications.
In a bid to prevent cross-tracking, Firefox Private Browsing mode will remove path information from referrers.
Where Firefox Quantum version 59 on desktop get improved privacy in its Private Browsing mode, faster page load times on webpages, new tools for annotating and cropping Firefox screenshots, and better arrangement for top sites on the browser's Home Page. And on the other hand, Firefox for Android gets support for websites that stream videos using the HLS protocol.
The changelog that accompanied this update for Firefox 59 on Android includes support for the browser as an assist app allowing users to start searching by pressing the home button on their smartphones. Furthermore, the app now allows HLS or HTTP Live Streaming video playback with the same Firefox Private Browsing upgrades, and users can also lock video full screen while in landscape mode.
For the desktop version, the update comes with a number of performance enhancement, such as faster load times for content which the browser will achieve by loading it from networked cache or cache obtained directly from the user's hard drive. Off-Main-Thread Painting (OMTP) is also being introduced for Mac to offer better graphic rendering.
Firefox Screenshots also got boosted with new features like basic annotation and cropping with options for users to draw on, highlight, or change the viewable area of screenshots. Besides that, the update also enhances Real-Time Communication (RTC) capabilities, adds support for W3C specs, and blocks unknown websites from sending notifications.
In a bid to prevent cross-tracking, Firefox Private Browsing mode will remove path information from referrers.
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