{"id":32982,"date":"2020-11-18T16:01:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T16:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=32982"},"modified":"2020-11-18T16:01:57","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T16:01:57","slug":"firefox-83-released-javascript-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/11\/firefox-83-released-javascript-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox 83 Released with JavaScript Engine Updates, Https-Only Mode"},"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 83.0 was released a day ago with significant updates to its JavaScript Engine, SpiderMonkey. It improved page load performance by up to 15%, page responsiveness by up to 12%, and reduced memory usage by up to 8%.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/83.0\/releasenotes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Firefox 83.0<\/a> release highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Https-only mode<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Pinch zooming support for Windows touchscreen devices and touchpads on Mac devices.<\/li>\n<li>Picture-in-Picture supports keyboard shortcuts for fast forwarding and rewinding videos<\/li>\n<li>Improved user interface for screen sharing.<\/li>\n<li>Improved search functionality.<\/li>\n<li>Support AcroForm, allows to fill in, print, and save supported PDF forms.<\/li>\n<li>Pocket recommendations for users in India with English version.<\/li>\n<li>Various accessibility and security fixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/httpsmode-alert.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"384\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/httpsmode-alert.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/httpsmode-alert-450x288.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install Firefox 83 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>The new release package has been made into security &#038; updates repositories for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 20.10.<\/p>\n<p>Simply open <i>Software Updater<\/i> utility and install the package update after checking for updates:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/upgradefirefox83.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"435\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/upgradefirefox83.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/upgradefirefox83-450x326.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mozilla Firefox 83.0 was released a day ago with significant updates to its JavaScript Engine, SpiderMonkey. It improved page load performance by up to 15%, page responsiveness by up to 12%, and reduced memory usage by up to 8%. Firefox 83.0 release highlights: Https-only mode. Pinch zooming support for Windows touchscreen devices and touchpads on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1194],"class_list":["post-32982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-firefox"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}