{"id":5395,"date":"2015-11-05T13:28:55","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T13:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=5395"},"modified":"2015-11-05T13:28:55","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T13:28:55","slug":"firefox-42-available-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2015\/11\/firefox-42-available-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox 42 Now Is Available for Upgrade in Official Repository"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/firefox_logo_white.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/firefox_logo_white.jpg\" alt=\"Mozilla Firefox\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/firefox_logo_white.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/firefox_logo_white-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mozilla Firefox 42.0 was finally released one day ago. Now it&#8217;s available in Ubuntu official repositories for Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04, and their derivatives, e.g., Linux Mint 13\/17, and Elementary OS Freya\/Luna.<\/p>\n<p>Firefox 42.0 features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Private Browsing with Tracking Protection blocks certain Web elements that could be used to record your behavior across sites<\/li>\n<li>Control Center that contains site security and privacy controls<\/li>\n<li>Indicator added to tabs that play audio with one-click muting<\/li>\n<li>WebRTC improvements:\n<ul>\n<li>IPV6 support<\/li>\n<li>Preferences for controlling ICE candidate generation and IP exposure<\/li>\n<li>Hooks for extensions to allow\/deny createOffer\/Answer<\/li>\n<li>Improved ability for applications to monitor and control which devices are used in getUserMedia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Login Manager improvements:\n<ul>\n<li>Improved heuristics to save usernames and passwords<\/li>\n<li>Edit and show all logins in line, Copy\/Paste usernames\/passwords from the Context menu<\/li>\n<li>Migration imports your passwords to Firefox from Google Chrome for Windows and Internet Explorer; import anytime from the Login Manager<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Improved performance on interactive websites that trigger a lot of restyles<\/li>\n<li>HTML5\n<ul>\n<li>Implemented ES6 Reflect<\/li>\n<li>Support ImageBitmap and createImageBitmap()<\/li>\n<li>Media Source Extension for HTML5 video available for all sites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>DEVELOPER:\n<ul>\n<li>View HTML source in a tab<\/li>\n<li>Remote website debugging over WiFi (no USB cable or ADB needed)<\/li>\n<li>Asynchronous call stacks now allow web developers to follow the code flow through setTimeout, DOM event handlers, and Promise handlers.<\/li>\n<li>Configurable Firefox OS Simulator in WebIDE, to simulate reference devices like phones, tablets, even TVs<br \/>\nCSS filter presets in the Inspector<\/li>\n<li>Ability to save filter presets inside CSS Filter Tooltip<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>And also various security fixes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>How to Upgrade Firefox:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To upgrade the browser in Ubuntu, just launch <i>Software Updater<\/i> (or <i>Update Manager<\/i> for Linux Mint).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/software-updater.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/software-updater-450x147.jpg\" alt=\"software-updater\" width=\"450\" height=\"147\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/software-updater-450x147.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/software-updater.jpg 551w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After checking for updates, you should see Firefox Web Browser available in the list.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/firefox-42.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/firefox-42-450x416.jpg\" alt=\"firefox-42\" width=\"450\" height=\"416\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/firefox-42-450x416.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/firefox-42-600x555.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/firefox-42.jpg 689w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Install it and done!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mozilla Firefox 42.0 was finally released one day ago. 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