Firefox has a new mascot, who Mozilla say will act as a "companion through an internet that’s private, open and actually yours".
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/firefox-new-mascot-brand-refresh?v2
Michael Downey 🧢
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Programmatic #advertising is coming to the #Firefox New Tab page. Time to once again check Settings...it should be possible to turn these off.
IMHO it's best to have an "enterprise" policy in place to deal with these and with the other ad features that keep getting added. (The pace is accelerating, even though they won the case over Google search ad $) https://blog.zgp.org/turn-off-programmatic-ads-in-firefox/
Programmatic #advertising is coming to the #Firefox New Tab page. Time to once again check Settings...it should be possible to turn these off.
IMHO it's best to have an "enterprise" policy in place to deal with these and with the other ad features that keep getting added. (The pace is accelerating, even though they won the case over Google search ad $) https://blog.zgp.org/turn-off-programmatic-ads-in-firefox/
Jonathan Schofield
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Right now when I type a backtick ("`") in a #GitHub #Markdown input box in #Firefox 143.0.4 (deb packaged by Mozilla) on #Debian #Linux (Testing) in #GNOME, instead of it just being displayed as a backtick, it's being displayed as an accent on the following character.
See screenshots for what I mean.
Not happening in Chrome, or on Windows, or in text input boxes on at least one other website I tried.
Anybody else seeing this? Is it a Firefox bug or what? I'm baffled.
Screenshot of part of a GitHub comment input box from Firefox with the text "`foobar` baz" displayed garbled in it, with little "`" accent characters on top of the "f" and to the left of the "b" in "baz"
Screenshot of part of a GitHub comment input box from Chrome with the text "`foobar` baz" displayed correctly in it.
Right now when I type a backtick ("`") in a #GitHub #Markdown input box in #Firefox 143.0.4 (deb packaged by Mozilla) on #Debian #Linux (Testing) in #GNOME, instead of it just being displayed as a backtick, it's being displayed as an accent on the following character.
See screenshots for what I mean.
Not happening in Chrome, or on Windows, or in text input boxes on at least one other website I tried.
Anybody else seeing this? Is it a Firefox bug or what? I'm baffled.
Screenshot of part of a GitHub comment input box from Firefox with the text "`foobar` baz" displayed garbled in it, with little "`" accent characters on top of the "f" and to the left of the "b" in "baz"
Screenshot of part of a GitHub comment input box from Chrome with the text "`foobar` baz" displayed correctly in it.
This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live, so let's go back to nicer things:
* CPU news, AGP news
* #Fennec #Firefox 143's secret revealed
* #GadgetBridge and #BangleJS now reproducible
* #NextcloudNotes crashing
+ 14 new apps
& 140 updates
- 2 apps archived
We're raising tariffs on APKs next month: https://f-droid.org/2025/10/03/twif.html
alcinnz
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dammit, they got me. I accidentally shook my phone and got the new #Firefox "shake your phone to replace the web page you were reading with AI slop" feature (who thought that was a good idea?) My notes on how to turn it off on Apple iOS:
https://blog.zgp.org/turn-off-ai-summaries-in-firefox-on-ios/
turn off AI summaries in Firefox on iOS
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Don Marti
dammit, they got me. I accidentally shook my phone and got the new #Firefox "shake your phone to replace the web page you were reading with AI slop" feature (who thought that was a good idea?) My notes on how to turn it off on Apple iOS:
https://blog.zgp.org/turn-off-ai-summaries-in-firefox-on-ios/
turn off AI summaries in Firefox on iOS
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Don Marti
Joseph Nuthalapati :fbx:
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#Fennec #Firefox 142 is live in #FDroid and we're having fun already!
Yes, swipe it away and be amazed how on reopen pages won't load. 😢
We got tricks for you:
1️⃣ Instead of swiping the app you use the ❎ Close option. The button appears if you enable "Delete browsing data on quit" in Settings. eg. keep only "Cached images and Files" toggled ON
2️⃣ *No joke* when the page loads and drags on, you just lock the screen. 🤷 On device unlock the page will load. 🎇
alcinnz
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CRLite: Fast, private, and comprehensive certificate revocation checking in Firefox, https://hacks.mozilla.org/2025/08/crlite-fast-private-and-comprehensive-certificate-revocation-checking-in-firefox/.
That’s huge. Great article.
Firefox will soon be shipping Windows UI automation support for improved accessibility on Windows:
https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-platform/c/qljNUMTNtyA/m/f07WaqmmCgAJ
> UI Automation (UIA) is Microsoft's recommended accessibility framework for Windows, replacing the earlier Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) framework. [...] It offers several advantages over older frameworks including increased performance and security.
#Fennec #Firefox 142 is live in #FDroid and we're having fun already!
Yes, swipe it away and be amazed how on reopen pages won't load. 😢
We got tricks for you:
1️⃣ Instead of swiping the app you use the ❎ Close option. The button appears if you enable "Delete browsing data on quit" in Settings. eg. keep only "Cached images and Files" toggled ON
2️⃣ *No joke* when the page loads and drags on, you just lock the screen. 🤷 On device unlock the page will load. 🎇
der.hans
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4 pack of Firefox updates out
3 high, one moderate
The 4th also hits Thunderbird
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2025-66/
4 pack of Firefox updates out
3 high, one moderate
The 4th also hits Thunderbird
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2025-66/
CRLite: Fast, private, and comprehensive certificate revocation checking in Firefox, https://hacks.mozilla.org/2025/08/crlite-fast-private-and-comprehensive-certificate-revocation-checking-in-firefox/.
That’s huge. Great article.
#Firefox users with older computers (at least 7-10 years old), if you have a minute could you check something for me? Go into about:support and scroll down to the "Codec Support Information" table. I'd like to know if it shows hardware decoding as being supported for the HEVC codec (it shouldn't). Also let me know what OS are you on.
AI-assisted tab groups, reduced memory usage on Linux, unit conversions in the address bar AND expanded PiP support – it's Firefox 141.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/firefox-141-release-ai-tabs-linux-memory
Gabriele Svelto
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