{"id":9153,"date":"2019-07-11T14:13:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T14:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=9153"},"modified":"2019-07-12T16:48:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T16:48:13","slug":"firefox-68-releazed-with-improved-dark-mode-how-to-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2019\/07\/firefox-68-releazed-with-improved-dark-mode-how-to-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"FireFox 68 Releazed with Improved Dark Mode (How to Upgrade)"},"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 68.0 was released a few days ago with dark mode improvements, new features, and security fixes. Here&#8217;s how to install it in all current Ubuntu releases.<\/p>\n<p>Firefox 68.0 release highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Window controls, sidebars and toolbars will be dark with dark mode in reader view.<\/li>\n<li>New reporting feature to report security and performance issues with extensions and themes.<\/li>\n<li>Redesigned extensions dashboard for easy accessing to information about your extensions<\/li>\n<li>Redesigned extensions now displays user count and ratings for each extension.<\/li>\n<li>Add cryptomining and fingerprinting protections to strict content blocking settings<\/li>\n<li>Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) update download support.<\/li>\n<li>Camera and microphone access now require an HTTPS connection.<\/li>\n<li>And various security fixes. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/68.0\/releasenotes\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">release note<\/a> for details.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Upgrade to Firefox 68 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>Firefox 68 has been <del>will be<\/del> made into Ubuntu universe repositories for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and higher <del>in a few days<\/del>. Check <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/firefox\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>, and do following to upgrade it once available.<\/p>\n<p>For all current Ubuntu releases, simply open <b>Software Updater<\/b> and install the updates after checking for updates.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/upgrade-firefox66-450x340.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"340\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/upgrade-firefox66-450x340.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/upgrade-firefox66-600x453.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/upgrade-firefox66.jpg 654w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t see the Firefox updates, go to <b>Software &#038; Updates<\/b> and make sure the <code>security<\/code> and <code>updates<\/code> repositories are enabled in <b>Updates<\/b> tab.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bionic-securityupdates-600x401.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bionic-securityupdates-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bionic-securityupdates-450x301.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bionic-securityupdates.jpg 733w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mozilla Firefox 68.0 was released a few days ago with dark mode improvements, new features, and security fixes. Here&#8217;s how to install it in all current Ubuntu releases. Firefox 68.0 release highlights: Window controls, sidebars and toolbars will be dark with dark mode in reader view. New reporting feature to report security and performance issues [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[1194],"class_list":["post-9153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","category-news","tag-firefox"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}