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Mozilla Firefox is disabling the browser's backspace key to prevent users from accidentally losing data typed into forms. In 2014, Google removed the ability to go back to a previous page by using the backspace key as it could cause the loss of data entered into forms on the current page.
Mozilla has shared info on how to fix a known issue leading to errors on multiple video streaming platforms including Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and Amazon's Prime Video on the Mac version of Firefox 84. "If you're on a Mac with Apple Silicon and are experiencing errors when trying to watch Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Prime or another streaming service after installing Firefox 84+, you might need to install Rosetta," Mozilla says in a recently published support document.
Mozilla now offers a VPN service that protects Windows and mobile devices, and soon your Linux and macOS desktops. Jack Wallen shows you how to use the new offering.
"In light of the very high availability of HTTPS, we believe that it is time to let our users choose to always use HTTPS. That's why we have created HTTPS-Only Mode, which ensures that Firefox doesn't make any insecure connections without your permission," Mozilla says. Once HTTPS-Only Mode has been enabled, Firefox will attempt to always establish a fully secure connection to the visited website, and even if the user clicks on an HTTP link or manually enters it, the browser will still use HTTPS instead. The new feature can be enabled from the "Preferences" menu, in the "Privacy & Security" section.
For Intermediate CA Preloading, Mozilla enumerates all of the intermediate CA certificates in the trusted Web PKI, with the relevant ones available through the multi-browser Common CA Database reporting mechanisms. "As a result of Mozilla's leadership in the CA community, each CA in Mozilla's Root Store Policy is required to disclose these intermediate CA certificates" to the CCADB, the browser maker explains.
Mozilla today started rolling out Firefox 82.0.1, a new version that fixes a known bug where the Windows installer displays unnecessary reboot prompts on some systems after it finishes the installation. "This would affect anyone running a full installer[.], provided they have at least one other Firefox installation in a directory other than the one that they just installed into," Mozilla engineer Molly Howell explained on the company's bug tracker.
Mozilla has slowed the rollout of Firefox 82 just two days after its release due to printing bugs and crashes in the new version. Mozilla Firefox 82 was released on October 20th, with only a few improvements in performance and its Picture-in-Picture feature.
Mozilla has slowed the rollout of Firefox 82 just two days after its release due to printing bugs and crashes in the new version. Mozilla Firefox 82 was released on October 20th, with only a few improvements in performance and its Picture-in-Picture feature.
Mozilla released Firefox 81.0.2 today, October 13th, 2020, to the Stable desktop channel for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android with a fix for a known issue preventing Twitter's website from loading. The issue affecting a large number of Firefox users caused the web browser to display blank pages or errors instead of loading Twitter pages on both desktop and mobile devices.
Mozilla published a support document with a quick fix for a widely reported known issue causing Twitter not to load on the Firefox web browser. According to a bug Mozilla has been tracking and working on fixing for the last 20 days, some users might see blank pages or errors when trying to visit the social network's website, with some reports also saying that the issue also affects mobile users.