Firefox hits version 50

The perennial Mozilla Firefox has hit version 50. Launched back in 2002, Firefox has faced a lot of tough competition over the years, first from Internet Explorer and then from Chrome, but it continues to be a popular browser with a faithful user base.

Version 50 is not a massive upgrade and if you have auto update enabled, you wouldn't even notice anything different. But there are minor changes underneath, such as

• Playback video on more sites without plugins with WebM EME Support for Widevine on Windows and Mac
• Improved performance for SDK extensions or extensions using the SDK module loader
• Added download protection for a large number of executable file types on Windows, Mac and Linux
• Increased availability of WebGL to more than 98 percent of users on Windows 7 and newer
• Added Guarani (gn) locale
• Added option to Find in page that allows users to limit search to whole words only
• Updates to keyboard shortcuts
• Added a built-in Emoji set for operating systems without native Emoji fonts (Windows 8.0 and lower, and Linux)

Firefox 50 is available on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android.

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