{"id":7869,"date":"2018-06-26T16:03:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T16:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7869"},"modified":"2018-06-26T16:03:13","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T16:03:13","slug":"firefox-61-0-released-with-further-performance-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2018\/06\/firefox-61-0-released-with-further-performance-improvements\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox 61.0 Released with Further Performance Improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/firefox_icon245x250.png\" alt=\"Firefox 55\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5840\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mozilla Firefox 61.0 was released a few hours ago with further more performance improvements, new features, and safer online experience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/61.0\/releasenotes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Firefox 61.0<\/a> release highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Faster page rendering with Quantum CSS improvements and the new retained display list feature<\/li>\n<li>Faster switching between tabs on Windows and Linux<\/li>\n<li>WebExtensions now run in their own process on MacOS<\/li>\n<li>Ability to add search engines to the address bar \u201cSearch with\u201d tool from the page action menu.<\/li>\n<li>On-by-default support for the latest draft of the TLS 1.3 specification<\/li>\n<li>Access to FTP subresources inside http(s) pages has been blocked<\/li>\n<li>Improvements for dark theme support across the entire Firefox user interface<\/li>\n<li>Added support to allow WebExtensions to hide tabs<\/li>\n<li>Improved bookmark syncing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/firefox61-about-600x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/firefox61-about-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/firefox61-about-450x225.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/firefox61-about.jpg 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Download \/ Install Firefox 61<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/firefox\" target=\"_blank\">Ubuntu Mozilla team<\/a> will package the new Firefox release, and publish it in updates \/ security repositories.<\/p>\n<p>The new release packages will be usually available in a few days, at that time you can install it via <b>Software Updater<\/b>. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/upgrade-firefox-2-450x339.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"339\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/upgrade-firefox-2-450x339.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/upgrade-firefox-2-600x452.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/upgrade-firefox-2.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mozilla Firefox 61.0 was released a few hours ago with further more performance improvements, new features, and safer online experience. 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