Mozilla Firefox 49.0 download for Linux Ubuntu. How to install Firefox 49.0 web browser on Ubuntu 16.04 Systems. Firefox 49 arrives with an improved “Reader Mode”, improved Firefox performance and web speech synthesis API. Firefox 49 removes Firefox Hello, the built-in voice and video calling feature by Firefox. It also has introduced offline viewing on Android.
Firefox 49 – New Features
- Updated Firefox Login Manager to allow HTTPS pages to use saved HTTP logins. It’s one more way Firefox is supporting Let’s Encrypt and helping users transition to a more secure web.
- Added features to Reader Mode that make it easier on the eyes and the ears
- Controls that allow users to adjust the width and line spacing of text
- Narrate, which reads the content of a page out loud
- Improved video performance for users on systems that support SSSE3 without hardware acceleration
- Added context menu controls to HTML5 audio and video that let users loops files or play files at 1.25x speed
- Enhancements for Mac users
- Improved performance on OS X systems without hardware acceleration
- Improved appearance of anti-aliased OS X fonts
- Improvements in about:memory reports for tracking font memory usage
- Improve performance on Windows systems without hardware acceleration
Firefox 49 – Fixes
- Fixed an issue that prevented users from updating Firefox for Mac unless they originally installed Firefox. Now, those users as well as any user with administrative credentials can update Firefox.
Update/Install Firefox 49 on Ubuntu
Ubuntu users can update to Firefox 49 using the Software Updater. Users can also download the .taz.gz archive for Firefox 49 from the official source and install it manually.