Mozilla Firefox 60 Web Browser Is Now Available to Download, Here's What's New

[tarekma7]

You can download it right now for Linux, Mac, and Windows

The Mozilla Firefox 60 web browser is officially launching tomorrow, May 9, 2018, as the next ESR (Extended Support Release) series, but you can download it right now from Mozilla's FTP servers.

That's right, Mozilla just pushed the final Firefox 60 release on its download servers, and you can get it right now for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows systems, install it on your personal computer, and enjoy its cool new features and improvements that we've highlight for your in the next paragraphs.

Among some of the new features Mozilla implemented in the Firefox 60 release, we can mention enhanced camera privacy indicators that automatically turns off the light of your webcam when you disable video recording and turns it back on when you resume recording, and Web Authentication API support that enables the use of USB tokens to authenticate on websites.

Firefox 60 also adds a new policy engine that lets IT admins more easily deploy Firefox in enterprise environments by using a cross-platform JSON file or Windows Group Policy, Quantum CSS to render the web browser's user interface and make it a lot faster, new shortcut (F9) to access the Reader View on Windows, and support for the Occitan (oc) language.

On top of that, Firefox 60 also removes support for multiple keywords for the same URL from bookmarks. However, this can be overwritten by the user by using different POST data. Lastly, it is worth mentioning that Firefox 60 will be the next ESR series, which means that Mozilla will support it with updates for the next couple of years.

Mozilla Firefox 60 ESR launches officially on May 9, 2018

For web developers, Mozilla Firefox 60 adds improvements to Responsive Design Mode so that they have more explicit control over whether a certain web page should reload or not, as well as the ability to use promises within IndexedDB transactions. As expected several security vulnerabilities were fixed in this release as well.

Again, Mozilla will officially unveil the Firefox 60 ESR (Extended Support Release) web browser for all supported platforms, including GNU/Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows tomorrow, May 9, 2018, when Mac and Windows users will be able to update via the built-in OTA (Over-the-Air) update system.

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[Mike]

Thanks for the update.

[mrtrout]

BitDefender Log File

Product : Bitdefender Total Security
Scanning task : Contextual Scan
Log date : Wednesday, May 9, 2018 12:14:11 AM
Path : C:\Users\mrtro\Desktop\Firefox Setup 60.0x64.exe
[-]Detailed Scan Summary
[-]Basic
Scanned items : 1
Infected items : 0 (no infected items have been detected)
Suspicious items : 0 (no suspected items have been detected)
Resolved items : 0 (no threats have been detected during this scan)
Unresolved items : 0 (no issues remained unresolved)
[+]Advanced
[-]Scan Options
[-]Target Threat Types:
Scan for viruses : Yes
Scan for adware : Yes
Scan for spyware : Yes
Scan for applications : Yes
Scan for dialers : Yes
Scan for rootkits : No
Scan for keyloggers : Yes
[-]Target Selection Options:
Scan registry keys : No
Scan cookies : No
Scan boot sectors : No
Scan memory processes : No
Scan archives : Yes
Scan runtime packers : Yes
Scan emails : Yes
Scan all files : Yes
Heuristic Scan : Yes
Scanned extensions : none configured
Excluded extensions : none configured
[-]Target Processing:
Default primary action for infected objects : None
Default secondary action for infected objects : None
Default primary action for suspicious objects : None
Default secondary action for suspicious objects : None
Default action for hidden objects : None
Default action for password-protected objects : Prompt for password

[mrtrout]

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60...easenotes/       See what’s new in Firefox!
Release Notes tell you what’s new in Firefox. As always, we welcome your feedback. You can also file a bug in Bugzilla or see the system requirements of this release.

Download Firefox      60.0.1
Firefox Release
May 16, 2018

Version 60.0.1, first offered to Release channel users on May 16, 2018
fixed
Avoid overly long cycle collector pauses with some add-ons installed (Bug 1449033)

Stop displaying "Sponsored content" on the New Tab page immediately after the "Sponsored Stories" option is disabled (Bug 1458906)

On touchscreen devices, fixed momentum scrolling on non-zoomable pages (Bug 1457743)

Fixed black map on Google Maps with updated Nvidia Web Drivers on macOS (Bug 1458553)

Use the right default background when opening tabs or windows in high contrast mode (Bug 1458956)

The Firefox uninstaller on Windows is now translated again (Bug 1436662)

Restored translations of the Preferences panels when using a language pack (Bug 1461590)

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WebVR has been disabled by default on macOS (Bug 1459362) 100% Scanned Malware Free & Clean With Kaspersky Total Security & Kaspersky File Advisor  Application: Firefox  Vendor: Mozilla  Trusted ( Digital Signature) Digital Signature: ( Mozilla Corporation) Fewer then 1,000 Kaspersky Security Network users have used this application.