{"id":34158,"date":"2021-07-13T15:26:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T15:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=34158"},"modified":"2021-07-13T15:26:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T15:26:51","slug":"firefox-90-0-released-smartblock-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2021\/07\/firefox-90-0-released-smartblock-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla Firefox 90.0 Released with SmartBlock 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/firefox-icon250.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-34159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/firefox-icon250.png 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/firefox-icon250-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mozilla Firefox released version 90.0 today with some new features and various security fixes.<\/p>\n<p>Firefox 90 introduced the 2.0 version of SmartBlock. The built-in tracker blocking mechanism now provides robust privacy protection, while ensuring you can still use third-party Facebook logins. Facebook scripts are all blocked, just as before, except the short period for the sign-in to proceed smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>For HTTPS-Only Mode, there&#8217;s now an option to add exceptions. So that you can visit specified HTTP websites directly without HTTPS-only alerts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/https-exceptions.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/https-exceptions-600x345.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"345\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-34160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/https-exceptions-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/https-exceptions-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/https-exceptions-768x441.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/https-exceptions.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other changes in Firefox 90 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apply updates in the background while Firefox in not running for Windows.<\/li>\n<li>New <code>about:third-party<\/code> page to help identify compatibility issues<\/li>\n<li>Print to PDF now produces working hyperlinks<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;Open Image in New Tab&#8221; context menu now opens images and media in a background tab<\/li>\n<li>Improved software WebRender performance<\/li>\n<li>Removed FTP support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to Get Firefox 90:<\/h3>\n<p>Normally, Ubuntu will publish the new Firefox packages through the security &#038; updates repositories in next few days. <\/p>\n<p>You can just wait until it being available to update in Software Updater:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/upgradefirefox83.png\"><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\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, see the release note and download the portable package from Firefox website:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/90.0\/releasenotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Firefox 90 Release Note &#038; Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mozilla Firefox released version 90.0 today with some new features and various security fixes. Firefox 90 introduced the 2.0 version of SmartBlock. The built-in tracker blocking mechanism now provides robust privacy protection, while ensuring you can still use third-party Facebook logins. 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