Firefox 70 Released – Download Firefox 70 Web Browser for Linux Ubuntu. Firefox 70 release brins an enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) which is on by default on all platforms bringing privacy protections to all our users. With this release, you can now see the many ways ETP protects you in a Privacy Protections report.
New Features – Firefox 70
More privacy protections from Enhanced Tracking Protection:
- Social tracking protection, which blocks cross-site tracking cookies from sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, is now a standard feature of Enhanced Tracking Protection.
- The Privacy Protections report shows an overview, with details, of the trackers Firefox has blocked. It provides consolidated reports from Monitor and Lockwise.
More security protections from Firefox Lockwise, our digital identity and password management tool:
- Lockwise for desktop lets you create, update, and delete your logins and passwords to sync across all your devices, including the Lockwise mobile apps and Firefox mobile browsers
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- Integrated breach alerts from Firefox Monitor, to alert you when saved logins and passwords are compromised in online data breaches.
- Complex password generation, to help you create and save strong passwords for new online accounts.
Improvements to core engine components, for better browsing on more sites
- A faster Javascript Baseline Interpreter to handle the modern web’s
large codebases and improve page load performance by as much as 8
percent. - WebRender rolled out to more Firefox for Windows users, now available by default on Windows desktops with integrated Intel graphics cards and resolution of 1920×1200 or less) for improved graphics rendering.
- Compositor improvements in Firefox for macOS that reduce power
consumption, speed up page load by as much as 22 percent, and reduce
resource use for video by up to 37 percent.
More browser features to help you get the most out of Firefox products and services
- A stand-alone Firefox account menu for easy access to Firefox services like Monitor and Send.
- A message panel accessed from the gift icon in the toolbar that offers a quick overview of new releases and key features.
- When a website uses your geolocation, an indicator is shown in the
address bar.
Changes Features – Firefox 70
- Built-in Firefox pages now follow the system dark mode preference
- Aliased theme properties have been removed, which may affect some themes
- Passwords can now be imported from Chrome on macOS in addition to existing support for Windows
- Readability is now greatly improved on under- or overlined texts, including links. The lines will now be interrupted instead of crossing over a glyph.