{"id":36742,"date":"2022-01-12T14:09:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T14:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=36742"},"modified":"2022-01-12T14:09:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T14:09:42","slug":"mozilla-firefox-96-0-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2022\/01\/mozilla-firefox-96-0-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla Firefox 96.0 Released! Significantly Reduced Main-thread Load"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/firefox-icon-feature.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/firefox-icon-feature-250x250.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-34790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/firefox-icon-feature-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/firefox-icon-feature-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/firefox-icon-feature-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/firefox-icon-feature-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/firefox-icon-feature.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mozilla Firefox 96.0 was released today. The new release focuses on performance and security improvements.<\/p>\n<p><b>Firefox 96.0 significantly reduced the main-thread load, improved noise suppression and automatic gain control for better overall experience.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>It now enforces the <code>Cookie Policy: Same-Site=lax<\/code> by default which helps defend against Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The release also fixed some issues, including video quality degradation issues on certain sites, issue where WebRTC downgrades screen sharing resolution, and video intermittently drops SSRC. As well, there are various security fixes.<\/p>\n<p>And for developers, Firefox 96 adds WebP image encoder support for canvas. <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36743\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/firefox-dark.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36743\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/firefox-dark-600x362.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"362\" class=\"size-large wp-image-36743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/firefox-dark-600x362.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/firefox-dark-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/firefox-dark-768x463.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/firefox-dark.jpg 1039w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-36743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefox Dark<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>How to Install Firefox 96 in Ubuntu Linux:<\/h3>\n<p>For <b>Ubuntu 21.10+<\/b> using the pre-installed Firefox as Snap, it updates automatically and user should now have v96.0.<\/p>\n<p>For those using the native <code>.deb<\/code> version, the best choice is wait! The <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/firefox\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">official Ubuntu build<\/a> will be available in next few days. At that time, open &#8220;Software Updater&#8221; to upgrade the Firefox package.<\/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\/upgradefirefox83-600x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"435\" class=\"aligncenter size-large 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>Firefox website also provides Linux package via portable tarball. Extract and run the executable file within the source will launch the web browser:<\/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\/96.0\/releasenotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Firefox 96.0 Release Note &#038; Download<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mozilla Firefox 96.0 was released today. The new release focuses on performance and security improvements. Firefox 96.0 significantly reduced the main-thread load, improved noise suppression and automatic gain control for better overall experience. It now enforces the Cookie Policy: Same-Site=lax by default which helps defend against Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. 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