Firefox 67 Arrives With New Performance and Privacy Features, Voice Search Widget on Android

'Mozilla today launched Firefox 67 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and
Android. From a report:

The 10th release since Mozilla's big Firefox Quantum launch in
November 2017 doubles down on performance and privacy. Firefox 67
includes deprioritizing least commonly used features, suspending
unused tabs, faster startup, blocking of cryptomining and
fingerprinting, Private Browsing improvements, voice input in the
Android search widget, and more. [...] Firefox 67 is better at
performing tasks at the optimal time, resulting in faster "painting"
of the page. Specifically, the browser deprioritizes least commonly
used features and delays set Timeout to prioritize scripts for things
you need. Mozilla says Instagram, Amazon, and Google searches now
execute between 40% and 80% faster. Firefox also now scans for
alternative style sheets after page load and doesn't load the
auto-fill module unless there is a form to complete. Next, Firefox 67
detects if your computer's memory is running low (under 400MB) and
suspends unused tabs. If you do click on a tab that you haven't used
or looked at in a while, it will reload where you left off. Finally,
Firefox 67 promises faster startup for users that customized their
browser with an add-on.'

-- source: https://news.slashdot.org/story/19/05/21/1636224

Cheers, Peter
-- 
Peter Reutemann
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Waikato, NZ
+64 (7) 858-5174
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/
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