{"id":9794,"date":"2020-02-11T15:50:16","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T15:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=9794"},"modified":"2020-02-11T15:50:16","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T15:50:16","slug":"firefox-73-global-zoom-setting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/02\/firefox-73-global-zoom-setting\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox 73 Released with Global Zoom Level Setting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/firefox-70icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9472\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mozilla Firefox 73.0 was released today. The new release features new <i>global zoom level<\/i> setting and High Contrast Mode improvement.<\/p>\n<p>While per-site zoom is still available, Firefox 73.0 adds a new <b>global default zoom level<\/b> setting, which is available in <code>about:preferences<\/code> under &#8216;Language and Appearance&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>For user with low vision rely on Windows&#8217; High Contrast Mode, without disabling background images websites in High Contrast Mode are now more readable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/73.0\/releasenotes\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Firefox 73.0<\/a> release highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New global zoom level setting.<\/li>\n<li>High Contrast Mode improvement.<\/li>\n<li>Audio playback improvement<\/li>\n<li>WebRender will roll out to laptops with Nvidia with drives newer than 432.00 and smaller than 1920X1200 screen resolution.<\/li>\n<li>Various security fixes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/firefox-globalzoom.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"366\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/firefox-globalzoom.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/firefox-globalzoom-450x275.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Download \/ Install Firefox in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>While Ubuntu 20.04 already contained the new Firefox package in the main repository, <b>Firefox 73.0 will be available to upgrade via <i>Software Updater<\/i> utility <u>in a few days<\/u><\/b> for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and Ubuntu 19.10. Check <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/firefox\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/upgradefirefox69-450x335.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"335\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/upgradefirefox69-450x335.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/upgradefirefox69-600x447.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/upgradefirefox69.jpg 753w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Or you can install the <b>Firefox 72 Snap<\/b> package (runs in sandbox) simply from Ubuntu Software. It can be installed alongside the pre-installed Firefox, and will be automatically update to the latest.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/firefox-softwarecenter-600x241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"241\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/firefox-softwarecenter-600x241.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/firefox-softwarecenter-450x181.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/firefox-softwarecenter-768x309.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/firefox-softwarecenter.jpg 783w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Also Mozilla Firefox website offers non-install (extract and run the executable) tarball for all Linux desktop.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mozilla Firefox 73.0 was released today. The new release features new global zoom level setting and High Contrast Mode improvement. While per-site zoom is still available, Firefox 73.0 adds a new global default zoom level setting, which is available in about:preferences under &#8216;Language and Appearance&#8217;. 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