#Firefox 142 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing, Here’s What to Expect https://9to5linux.com/firefox-142-is-now-available-for-public-beta-testing-heres-what-to-expect

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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

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#Firefox 141 Open-Source Web Browser Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New https://9to5linux.com/firefox-141-web-browser-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new

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Hey #Firefox hackers! My credit card issuer, Chase, does something funky where its page won't load unless it's in the focused tab:

https://secure.chase.com/web/auth/dashboard

I want to get it to load in the background instead.

Any ideas? I tried turning off all the lazy-load-enabled settings in about:config but that didn't work.

I guess if anybody cares, next Tuesday, #Firefox 141 will be released. Among other things, a few good items:

1. On #Linux, Firefox uses less memory and no longer requires a forced restart after an update has been applied by a package manager.

2. Support for #Cookies Having Independent Partitioned State (CHIPS) is now re-enabled, allowing developers to opt a cookie into storage partitioning per top-level site.

References:

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/141.0beta/releasenotes/
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Privacy/Guides/Privacy_sandbox/Partitioned_cookies

#privacy #browser

After years in development, we will be releasing WebGPU on Windows in Firefox 141! WebGPU gives web content a modern interface to the user’s graphics processor, enabling high-performance comp…

How should we ship Firefox next release?

We're working on Drauger OS 7.8 right now, and we wanted to know how the community feels. Should we ship #Firefox ESR as a native package, or normal @firefox@fedia.io as a #flatpak?

We won't ship normal Firefox as a native package, as that would require some complicated packaging mechanics to allow. And, we can't ship Firefox as a snap as, with the way we build our ISOs, we cannot ship snaps.

So, thoughts? What would you prefer? Vote and discuss below!

Or what do you use them for? Isn't it now quite easy for websites to track outside of just cookies?

Firefox

Firefox is overwhelmingly a desktop browser.

• Mobile Usage (as a percentage of its total user base): While exact figures for "percentage of Firefox's own users" are less commonly published directly, we can infer from its very low global mobile market share (around 0.5-1.5%) and its higher desktop market share (around 5-7%) that a very small minority of Firefox users are on mobile devices. It's likely in the range of less than 10-15%, and possibly even lower. Its strength and history are firmly rooted in desktop Browse.

Google Chrome

Chrome is dominant on both platforms, but mobile contributes a larger share to its overall user base.

• Mobile Usage (as a percentage of its total user base): The data consistently shows that Chrome's mobile usage (smartphones and tablets combined) makes up a significant majority of its total user base. Given that mobile internet traffic is 60%+ of overall traffic, and Chrome commands a large share of both mobile and desktop, it's clear that well over half of Chrome's users are on mobile devices. Estimates suggest this figure is around 60-70% of its total users are on mobile (primarily smartphones).

Apple Safari

Safari's user base is heavily, almost exclusively, mobile.

• Mobile Usage (as a percentage of its total user base): This is where Safari stands out. Because Safari is the default browser on iPhones and iPads (iOS and iPadOS), its user base is overwhelmingly mobile. Its global mobile market share is around 20-23%, while its global desktop market share is only 7-9%. This indicates that a very large majority, likely 75-85% or even higher, of Safari's total users are on mobile devices (iPhones and iPads).

Others

It's worth adding that an estimated 20-40% of Brave's user base is mobile and 20-30% of Vivaldi's.

#IronFox v140.0.4 has been released, and the Firefox-based web browser for Android now officially supports UnifiedPush 🎉

#IronFox #Firefox #Android #UnifiedPush

June’s #Tumbleweed update brings major feature & under-the-hood improvements! Highlights include #KDE Plasma 6.4, Frameworks 6.15, Gear 25.04.2, GCC 15, Mesa 25.1.3 & #PipeWire 1.4.6. Vital security patches for #Firefox, Python, Salt & more. #opensource #openSUSE #Linux https://news.opensuse.org/2025/07/03/tw-monthly-update-june/

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Dozens of fake wallet add-ons flood #Firefox store to drain #crypto

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dozens-of-fake-wallet-add-ons-flood-firefox-store-to-drain-crypto/

#cybersecurity #Coinbase #MetaMask #TrustWallet #Exodus #Phantom #OKX #Keplr #MyMonero

#Linux Weekly Roundup for June 29th, 2025: #Firefox 140 ESR, first look at #GIMP 3.2, #IPFire gets #WireGuard support, #KDE Plasma 6.4's first point release, Firefox 141 to use less memory on Linux, #qBittorrent 5.1.1, #Clonezilla Live 3.2.2-15, #PipeWire 1.4.6, #GStreamer 1.26.3, and more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-june-29th-2025

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