{"id":6723,"date":"2017-04-20T14:34:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T14:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6723"},"modified":"2017-04-20T14:34:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T14:34:43","slug":"firefox-53-released-with-stability-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/04\/firefox-53-released-with-stability-improvements\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox 53 Released with Stability Improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/firefox_icon245x250.png\" alt=\"Firefox 53\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5840\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mozilla Firefox has reached the 53.0 release. It features two new &#8216;compact&#8217; themes and separate process for graphics compositing.<\/p>\n<p><b>Firefox 53.0 release highlights:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Graphics stability for Windows users with compositor process separation (Quantum Compositor)<\/li>\n<li>Two new &#8216;compact&#8217; themes available, dark and light<\/li>\n<li>Reader Mode now displays estimated reading time for the page<\/li>\n<li>New visual design for audio and video controls<\/li>\n<li>Drop Windows XP, Vista, and 32-bit Mac OS X support.<\/li>\n<li>Drop Linux support for processors older than Pentium 4 and AMD Opteron<\/li>\n<li>Various security fixes. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/53.0\/releasenotes\/\" target=\"_blank\">release note<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/firefox-compact-themes.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/firefox-compact-themes-600x241.jpg\" alt=\"Firefox Compact Themes\" width=\"600\" height=\"241\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/firefox-compact-themes-600x241.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/firefox-compact-themes-450x181.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/firefox-compact-themes-768x309.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/firefox-compact-themes.jpg 1107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Install Firefox 53 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>The new release will be made into official Ubuntu repository soon, available for Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 17.04, and derivatives.<\/p>\n<p>Just keep your Ubuntu up-to-date by installing regular updates via <b>Software Updater<\/b>, and you&#8217;ll get Firefox 53 once it&#8217;s published in <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/firefox\" target=\"_blank\">THIS PAGE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For non-install version, go to the official FTP download page:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='https:\/\/ftp.mozilla.org\/pub\/firefox\/releases\/53.0\/' class='arconix-button arconix-button-medium arconix-button-gray' target=\"_blank\" >Download Firefox 53<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Grab the Linux package, extract and run executable file to launch Firefox 53.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mozilla Firefox has reached the 53.0 release. 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