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NaveenKumar Namachivayam ⚡
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What’s new in Mozilla Firefox 71.0?

Today, Mozilla has released its next iteration of Firefox browser across multiple channels. The latest version is 71.0 now available to download independently or you can update your browser manually by launching About Firefox dialog box. This blog post will give you an overview of what’s new in Mozilla Firefox 71.0.

What's new?

  • Kiosk Mode
  • Picture-in-Picture
  • Enhanced Tracking Protection
  • Lockwise improvements
  • Native MP3 decoding on Windows, Linux, and macOS
  • Revamped about:config page.
  • DevTools’ Network Panel traces Web Sockets calls and prettify it.
  • In Console pane, by pressing Ctrl + B brings up the multi-line editor.
  • Network Panel now offers Request Blocking to simulate the impact of tracking requests, security, service outage etc.
  • Improvements made to the website certificate viewer; now it displays more information.
  • Various improvements have been made to Extensions API and Extension popup windows now include the extension name instead of extension URL.

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