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Firefox 87.0 released
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<blockquote data-quote="HarborFront" data-source="post: 935763" data-attributes="member: 55987"><p>Already released. Get it from your internal updater</p><p></p><h3>New</h3> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You’ll encounter less website breakage in Private Browsing and Strict Enhanced Tracking Protection with <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/03/23/introducing-smartblock/" target="_blank">SmartBlock</a>, which provides stand-in scripts so that websites load properly.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To further protect your privacy, our new <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/03/22/firefox-87-trims-http-referrers-by-default-to-protect-user-privacy/" target="_blank">default HTTP Referrer policy</a> will trim path and query string information from referrer headers to prevent sites from accidentally leaking sensitive user data.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The “Highlight All” feature on Find in Page now displays tick marks alongside your scrollbar that correspond to the location of matches found on that page.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We’re proud to announce full support for macOS built-in screen reader, <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/accessibility/voiceover-support-for-macos-in-firefox-87/" target="_blank">VoiceOver</a>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We’ve added a new locale: Silesian (szl)</li> </ul><h3>Fixed</h3> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We’ve fixed several significant accessibility issues:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Video controls now have visible focus styling and video and audio controls are now keyboard navigable. (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1681007" target="_blank">Bug 1681007</a>)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">HTML <meter> is now spoken by screen readers. (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1460378" target="_blank">Bug 1460378</a>)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Firefox now sets a useful initial focus in Add-ons Manager. (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/580537" target="_blank">Bug 580537</a>)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Firefox will now fire a name/description change event when aria-labelledby/describedby content changes. (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/493683" target="_blank">Bug 493683</a>)</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Various <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox/#firefox87" target="_blank">security fixes</a>.</li> </ul><h3>Changed</h3> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To prevent user data loss when filling out forms, we’ve disabled the Backspace key as a navigation shortcut for the back navigation button. To re-enable the Backspace keyboard shortcut, you can change the about:config preference browser.backspace_action to 0. You can also use the recommended Alt + Left arrow (Command + Left arrow on Mac) shortcut instead.<br /> <a href="https://support.mozilla.org/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-perform-firefox-tasks-quickly" target="_blank">Firefox keyboard shortcuts</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We've removed items from the Library menu that weren't used often or have other access points in the browser: Synced tabs, Recent highlights, and Pocket list.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We've simplified the Help menu by reducing redundant items, such as those that point to Firefox support pages that can also be accessed via the Get Help item.</li> </ul><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/87.0/releasenotes[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HarborFront, post: 935763, member: 55987"] Already released. Get it from your internal updater [HEADING=2]New[/HEADING] [LIST] [*]You’ll encounter less website breakage in Private Browsing and Strict Enhanced Tracking Protection with [URL='https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/03/23/introducing-smartblock/']SmartBlock[/URL], which provides stand-in scripts so that websites load properly. [*]To further protect your privacy, our new [URL='https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/03/22/firefox-87-trims-http-referrers-by-default-to-protect-user-privacy/']default HTTP Referrer policy[/URL] will trim path and query string information from referrer headers to prevent sites from accidentally leaking sensitive user data. [*]The “Highlight All” feature on Find in Page now displays tick marks alongside your scrollbar that correspond to the location of matches found on that page. [*]We’re proud to announce full support for macOS built-in screen reader, [URL='https://blog.mozilla.org/accessibility/voiceover-support-for-macos-in-firefox-87/']VoiceOver[/URL]. [*]We’ve added a new locale: Silesian (szl) [/LIST] [HEADING=2]Fixed[/HEADING] [LIST] [*]We’ve fixed several significant accessibility issues: [LIST] [*]Video controls now have visible focus styling and video and audio controls are now keyboard navigable. ([URL='https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1681007']Bug 1681007[/URL]) [*]HTML <meter> is now spoken by screen readers. ([URL='https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1460378']Bug 1460378[/URL]) [*]Firefox now sets a useful initial focus in Add-ons Manager. ([URL='https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/580537']Bug 580537[/URL]) [*]Firefox will now fire a name/description change event when aria-labelledby/describedby content changes. ([URL='https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/493683']Bug 493683[/URL]) [/LIST] [*]Various [URL='https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox/#firefox87']security fixes[/URL]. [/LIST] [HEADING=2]Changed[/HEADING] [LIST] [*]To prevent user data loss when filling out forms, we’ve disabled the Backspace key as a navigation shortcut for the back navigation button. To re-enable the Backspace keyboard shortcut, you can change the about:config preference browser.backspace_action to 0. You can also use the recommended Alt + Left arrow (Command + Left arrow on Mac) shortcut instead. [URL='https://support.mozilla.org/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-perform-firefox-tasks-quickly']Firefox keyboard shortcuts[/URL] [*]We've removed items from the Library menu that weren't used often or have other access points in the browser: Synced tabs, Recent highlights, and Pocket list. [*]We've simplified the Help menu by reducing redundant items, such as those that point to Firefox support pages that can also be accessed via the Get Help item. [/LIST] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/87.0/releasenotes[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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