Today is "Microsoft Tuesday" --- the SECOND Tuesday of the month --- on which Microsoft is expected to release its monthly cycle of Windows security updates. Based on previous history, they should become available at 1 P.M. [USA - Eastern STANDARD Time]
Please use Windows/Automatic Updates to determine which updates are applicable to your particular system.
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Mozilla is also expected to release the newest version of Firefox.
Import maps, which allow web pages to control the behavior of JavaScript imports, are now enabled by default.
Processes used for background tabs now use efficiency mode on Windows 11 to limit resource use.
The shift+esc keyboard shortcut now opens the Process Manager, offering a way to quickly identify processes that are using too many resources.
Improved frame scheduling when under load; this substantially improves Firefox’s MotionMark scores.
Fixed
Firefox now supports properly color correcting images tagged with ICCv4 profiles.
Support for non-English characters when saving and printing PDF forms.
The bookmarks toolbar's default "Only show on New Tab" state works correctly for blank new tabs. As before, you can change the bookmark toolbar's behavior using the toolbar context menu.
Note: For those of you who are paranoid about the possibility of a False Positive, you can run the tool via a Command Prompt, and specify the /N parameter.
/N
Runs in detect-only mode. In this mode, malicious software will be reported to the user, but it will not be removed.
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Posted December 13th, 2022 07:00
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Import maps, which allow web pages to control the behavior of JavaScript imports, are now enabled by default.
Processes used for background tabs now use efficiency mode on Windows 11 to limit resource use.
The shift+esc keyboard shortcut now opens the Process Manager, offering a way to quickly identify processes that are using too many resources.
Improved frame scheduling when under load; this substantially improves Firefox’s MotionMark scores.
Fixed
Firefox now supports properly color correcting images tagged with ICCv4 profiles.
Support for non-English characters when saving and printing PDF forms.
The bookmarks toolbar's default "Only show on New Tab" state works correctly for blank new tabs. As before, you can change the bookmark toolbar's behavior using the toolbar context menu.
Various security fixes.
Changed
Firefox now supports the WebMIDI API and a new experimental mechanism for controlling access to dangerous capabilities.
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Available via the internal updater: Help / About Firefox