Firefox 48 released. Install Mozilla Firefox 48 web browser on Linux Ubuntu Systems. Firefox 48 brings Electrolysis (multi-process Firefox) to render web contents in a separate process, improving security and performance. Mozilla Firefox 48 brings an enhanced download protection with two additional download types added – unwanted software and uncommon downloads. The Mozilla Firefox address bar results now display “super smart icons.” It notify about a website which is already open in a tab. It also notifies about an existing bookmarks.
Linux Ubuntu users can get better Canvas performance with speedy Skia support. For those who are unaware of Skia, it is an open source 2D graphics library which provides common APIs that work across a variety of hardware and software platforms. Skia serves as the graphics engine for Google Chrome and Chrome OS, Android, Mozilla Firefox and Firefox OS, and many other products.
How To See If Electrolysis (e10s) Is Enabled?
- Open a new tab in Firefox 48 and type “about:support” (without quotes).
- Search for “Multiprocess Windows”.
- If its higher than 0, Electrolysis (e10s) is enabled.
New Features
- Process separation (e10s) is enabled for some of you. Like it? Let us know and we’ll roll it out to more.
- Roar for moar protection against harmful downloads! We’ve got your back
- Add-ons that have not been verified and signed by Mozilla will not load
- GNU/Linux fans: Get better Canvas performance with speedy Skia support. Try saying that three times fast
- WebRTC embetterments:
- Delay-agnostic AEC enabled
- Full duplex for GNU/Linux enabled
- ICE Restart & Update is supported
- Cloning of MediaStream and MediaStreamTrack is now supported
- Searching for something already in your bookmarks or open tabs? We added super smart icons to let you know
- Windows folks: Tab (move buttons) and Shift+F10 (pop-up menus) now behave as they should in Firefox customization mode
- The media parser has been redeveloped using the Rust programming language
- Windows 7 systems without Platform Update can now use D3D11 WARP
Fixes
- Various security fixes
- Improved step debugging on last line of functions
- Heyo, Jabra & Logitech C920 webcam users. We fixed those pesky WebRTC bugs causing frequency distortions. Buh-bye, squeaky voice!
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