{"id":10397,"date":"2020-07-02T11:58:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T11:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=10397"},"modified":"2020-07-02T11:58:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T11:58:48","slug":"firefox-78-released-reset-default","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/07\/firefox-78-released-reset-default\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox 78 Released with &#8220;Reset to Default&#8221; Option"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/firefox-70icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9472\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mozilla Firefox 78 was released a few days ago with some new features and improvements.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/78.0\/releasenotes\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Firefox 78<\/a> added &#8220;<b>Refresh Firefox<\/b>&#8221; button to the Uninstaller, which also available in <code>about:support<\/code> page, allows to reset Firefox to its default state, while saving your essential information like bookmarks, passwords, cookies.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes in the release include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Protections Dashboard includes reports about tracking protection, data breaches, and password management.<\/li>\n<li>Screen saver will no longer interrupt WebRTC calls on Firefox<\/li>\n<li>Firefox 78 is also Extended Support Release (ESR) features:\n<ul>\n<li>Kiosk mode<\/li>\n<li>Client certificates<\/li>\n<li>Service Worker and Push APIs are now enabled<\/li>\n<li>The Block Autoplay feature is enabled<\/li>\n<li>Picture-in-picture support<\/li>\n<li>View and manage web certificates in about:certificate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Improved Pocket recommendations, and security fixes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/firefox-reset.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"369\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/firefox-reset.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/firefox-reset-450x277.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>How to Install Firefox 78 in Ubuntu:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Firefox 78 will be made into official Ubuntu security \/ updates repositories for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.10, and Ubuntu 20.04 in a few days!<\/p>\n<p>At that time, you can upgrade Firefox via Software Updater (Update Manager) utility:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/upgrade-firefox74.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/upgrade-firefox74.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/upgrade-firefox74-450x339.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mozilla Firefox 78 was released a few days ago with some new features and improvements. Firefox 78 added &#8220;Refresh Firefox&#8221; button to the Uninstaller, which also available in about:support page, allows to reset Firefox to its default state, while saving your essential information like bookmarks, passwords, cookies. 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