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July 28th, 2020 06:00

Updates 7/28/20 - Firefox

Firefox Version 79.0  (July 28, 2020)

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/79.0/releasenotes/

 

New

  • We’ve rolled out WebRender to more Windows users with Intel and AMD GPUs, bringing improved graphics performance to an even larger audience.

  • Firefox users in Germany will now see more Pocket recommendations in their new tab featuring some of the best stories on the web. If you don’t see them, you can turn on Pocket articles in your new tab by following these steps.

 

Fixed

  • Various security fixeshttps://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-30/

  • Several crashes while using a screen reader were fixed, including a frequently encountered crash when using the JAWS screen reader.

  • Firefox Developer Tools received significant fixes allowing screen reader users to benefit from some of the tools that were previously inaccessible.

  • SVG title and desc elements (labels and descriptions) are now correctly exposed to assistive technology products such as screen readers.

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(Soon to be) available via the program's internal updater:   Help / About Firefox

 

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July 28th, 2020 06:00

One thing that FF did, which does NOT appear to be documented in the Release Notes, is that it enabled "Secure" DNS over HTTP, via their affiliate Cloudfare.


https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-dns-over-https


As I prefer to use OpenDNS' Family Shield (which Cloudfare will bypass), I have DISabled FF implementation of DNS over HTTP:
Tools / Options / General / scroll down to Network Settings / Settings / scroll down to Enable DNS over HTTP, UNcheck that box, and hit OK.

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