Firefox 115 released
Firefox 115 released
Kind of a big update... this is the last version of Firefox for Windows 7 and Windows 8, along with macOS 10.12, 10.13, and 10.14. I know this is forcing family members to finally upgrade their (mac) OS.
More big updates:
- Hardware video decoding is now enabled for Intel GPUs on Linux.
- We've refreshed and streamlined the user interface for importing data in from other browsers.
- The builtin editor now behaves similarly to other browsers with contenteditable and designMode when splitting a node, e.g. typing Enter to split a paragraph, and also when joining two nodes, e.g. typing Backspace at the start of a paragraph to join the paragraph and the previous one.
Pretty sure that last feature is what finally fixes the Reddit Fancy Pants editor in Firefox... exactly when Reddit is destroying itself.
- IndexedDB is now also supported in private browsing without memory limits thanks to encrypted storage on disk. The temporary keys to decrypt the information are hold in RAM only and all stored information is purged at the normal end of a private browsing session from disk.
This might help WhatsApp web run in private browsing, among other sites.
The most impactful thing is definitely going to be OS compatibility... this is going to be the last version of Firefox for a long time for a lot of people.
I wish Firefox would bring back PWA one day
and pin tabs that remain pinned after the browser is closed
I wonder what the rationale behind https://support.mozilla.org/kb/quarantined-domains is. Why is that useful?
Been enjoying Edge for a year, but always appreciated FF for it being it's own thing. Worth a shot?
Firefox was great, went to shit for a couple of years, and is now back to being great again. I've heard it's much easier on memory as well.
It's one of the few non-chromium browsers left, so you should definitely try it because Google is trying to make their own standards with chromium.
It's literally the only non-chromium browser left other than Safari. That's why it is critically important that Firefox maintain a presence
Definitely. Check out our switching guide for some tips.
Certainly. It's really important to have as many people as possible using a different browser engine (Gecko) in this Chromium-dominated world.
And ... uBlock Origin works the best on Firefox (https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-best-on-Firefox).I genuinely think the web has become horrible enough where the browser you use does not really matter from the technical perspective.
It does, however, incredibly important to have more than 1 engine competing, as currently Firefox is the only mainstream browser not built on chromium/google.
I use edge at work (nothing else available), Firefox everywhere else.
It would be nice if more add-ons were supported on mobile, desktop is great.
i'm ready for the update to break my whole userchrome.css again.
Any word on HDR support in Windows? Latest news was from February when Karen Kim posted that the feature was "revisiting prioritization for a Windows implementation in the upcoming planning cycle". There has been silence since.
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/hdr-support-for-windows/idi-p/6468/page/3#comments
When is the next planning cycle? Will we be informed of what that priority is? Is there anything even remotely resembling an ETA?
Can someone explain the Intel h264 decoding thing?
I've had h264 decode on GPU working with VAAPI since forever. This seems to be telling me about a feature I already had years ago?
I have 3 Windows x64 machines:
- i7 6600u | 16GB RAM | Intel HD 520 | Nvidia 940MX
- i7 7700HQ | 16GB RAM | Nvidia 1060 (integrated Intel GPU disabled in BIOS)
- i7 9850H | 32GB RAM | Intel UHD 630 | Nvidia Quadro T2000
Firefox 115 running flawlessly on all of them. No issues, fast and smooth. Same as previous versions.
On Linux, middle clicks on the new tab button will now open the xclipboard contents in the new tab. If the xclipboard content is a URL then that URL is opened, any other text is opened with your default search provider.
Ah, this will be quite handy!
edit: culprit found: dashlane extension for firefox causing latency and high use of resources.. dashlane claims they are waiting on mozilla to review their patch submitted 3 weeks ago:
I am not seeing any patch submitted to Mozilla by Dashlane on this bug which looks like it is at an investigation phase, is that in a separate bug?
i am quoting them from this reddit post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Dashlane/comments/14jh4kv/dashlane_getting_slow_on_firefox/
The fix for the browser latency issues has been added to our latest version releases for Chrome and Edge - v6.2325. However, we are still waiting on Mozilla's review, which is why Firefox is still on version 6.2321. Here is the bug we filed with Mozilla https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1838448 Will update once we get more info.
Guess this means the redesigned Thunderbird release is on the doorstep too. 115 is an ESR version.
Cool!
i have a feeling there is something horribly wrong with 115.
firefox has been lagging and using too much ram. 114 was the best patch in history but now its back to the same old struggling firefox. or worse.
If you want to find the bug, you can run a mozregression to find what broke it (using 114 as your last known good release and 115 as your bad release).
Please reach out if you need help with this.
You can use your profile to test this pretty easily.
thanks ill just use vivaldi for the time being. this new version is using 10k + ram with 3 tabs open. unusable.
pitty though firefox was working so well since 112 and great since 114. this patch butchered the performance.