{"id":49685,"date":"2025-09-16T08:18:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T08:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=49685"},"modified":"2025-09-16T11:30:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T11:30:45","slug":"firefox-143-0-is-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/firefox-143-0-is-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox 143.0 is out with Microsoft Copilot AI Integration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/firefox-logo.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-46878\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/firefox-logo-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/firefox-logo-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/firefox-logo-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/firefox-logo-700x700.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/firefox-logo-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/firefox-logo.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Firefox 143.0, the new monthly release of the popular free open-source web browser, is available to download.<\/p>\n<p>The new release of Mozilla&#8217;s web browser added support <b>installing websites as web apps<\/b> for Windows user.<\/p>\n<p>For running website, there&#8217;s a new &#8220;Add tab to taskbar&#8221; icon in the right corner of address bar. By clicking on it, will install the website as web app, and pin it into task bar.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/firefox-add2taskbar.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-49694\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/firefox-add2taskbar-700x343.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/firefox-add2taskbar-700x343.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/firefox-add2taskbar-300x147.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/firefox-add2taskbar-768x376.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/firefox-add2taskbar.webp 1132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The web app uses the website&#8217;s favicon as app icon. It runs in a separate header-less browser window without losing access to your installed add-ons. The features so far is only available for Windows, but not for Firefox installed from Microsoft Store.<\/p>\n<p>For AI users, the new Firefox release added <b>Microsoft Copilot<\/b> support. It so far supports &#8220;Quick response&#8221; and &#8220;Smart (GPT-5)&#8221; chat mode in my case, with ability to generate text, image, and code, and analyze image. It&#8217;s free without login required, though a pad version is available for choice that needs an account.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/firefox-ai.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-49687\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/firefox-ai-700x441.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/firefox-ai-700x441.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/firefox-ai-300x189.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/firefox-ai-768x484.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/firefox-ai-1320x831.webp 1320w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/firefox-ai.webp 1413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also for Windows, the browser release added <b>support Windows UI Automation<\/b>, which improves support for accessibility tools such as Windows Voice Access, Text Cursor Indicator and Narrator. Though, it&#8217;s a progressive roll-out feature that may be not ready for you.<\/p>\n<p>When downloading a file in the Private mode, Firefox now asks whether to keep or delete it after that session ends. You have the choice to disable this behavior, by navigating to &#8220;Files and Applications&#8221; in Settings page.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/143_privatemode_prompt.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-49688\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/143_privatemode_prompt-700x240.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/143_privatemode_prompt-700x240.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/143_privatemode_prompt-300x103.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/143_privatemode_prompt-768x264.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/143_privatemode_prompt.webp 1238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other changes in Firefox 143.0 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pin a tab by dragging to the start of the tab strip.<\/li>\n<li>Preview camera inside the permission dialog.<\/li>\n<li>Display events and dates in address bar, for users in United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Italy regions.<\/li>\n<li>xHE-AAC audio playback on Windows 11 22H2+, macOS, and Android 9+<\/li>\n<li>Expand Fingerprinting Protection by reporting constant values for several more attributes.<\/li>\n<li>Various security fixes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As well there are some change for developers, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>updated grid sizing algorithm<\/li>\n<li><code>&lt;input type=color&gt;<\/code> now recognizes the CSS <code>&lt;color&gt;<\/code> format in addition to the color hex format<\/li>\n<li>Uncheck the <code>Group Similar Messages<\/code> now prevents successive similar messages from being grouped.<\/li>\n<li>Remove restrictions that prevent setting the <code>display<\/code> property on <code>&lt;details&gt;<\/code> elements, added a <code>::details-content<\/code> pseudo-element to style the expandable\/collapsible contents of those elements.&#8221;,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Get Firefox 143.0<\/h3>\n<p>The official release note and download link are available in Firefox website via the link below:<\/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.firefox.com\/en-US\/firefox\/143.0\/releasenotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Firefox 143.0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The link is not ready at the moment of writing, and this tutorial is written according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/mozilla\/release-notes\/blob\/master\/releases\/firefox-143.0-release.json\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Github release note<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For Ubuntu, user may either choose download the <a href=\"https:\/\/ftp.mozilla.org\/pub\/firefox\/releases\/143.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official package<\/a>, or install it via <a href=\"https:\/\/snapcraft.io\/firefox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snap<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/en\/apps\/org.mozilla.firefox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flatpak<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~mozillateam\/+archive\/ubuntu\/ppa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ubuntu PPA<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firefox 143.0, the new monthly release of the popular free open-source web browser, is available to download. 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