Firefox hits version 50
Prasad, 16 November 2016
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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Reader comments
- D9
- 18 Nov 2016
- Qbk
Opera existed long before Google even heard of. Talking about Chrome, please do your research of who copying who!
- MIA KHA
- 18 Nov 2016
- 2Au
I am as loyal as Friendster is to me to this browser
- FoxAlways
- 17 Nov 2016
- YJ6
Try Palemoon and Lawlietfox browsers and you will be amazed how fast firefox can be.