'Firefox 80' official version released, at the same time Firefox for Android has been significantly updated



The official version of the web browser ' Firefox 80 ' has been released. Various functions such as screen reader were enhanced, and just like the desktop version was renewed as 'Firefox Quantum', this time the Android version was updated as ' Firefox Daylight ', enhanced tracking protection, new UI, add-on Recommended system of is installed.

Firefox 80.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/80.0/releasenotes/

Firefox 80 for developers-Mozilla | MDN
https://developer.mozilla.org/ja/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/80

Fast, personalized and private by design on all platforms: introducing a new Firefox for Android experience-The Mozilla Blog
https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2020/08/25/introducing-a-new-firefox-for-android-experience/

◆Firefox Daylight released
Firefox for Android has been greatly updated as 'Firefox Daylight'. Many elements that were only available in the desktop version, such as the dark mode and picture-in-picture function, have been added. You can download Firefox for Android from Google Play.

Firefox Browser: fast, private & safe web browser-Apps on Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox



The changes in Firefox 80 are as follows.

◆ Review motion settings
Animations such as tab loading no longer play when the motion reduction setting is turned on. Motion reduction settings can be made in Windows by selecting 'Settings' → 'Easy operation' → 'Display' → 'Display animation on Windows'.



◆Screen readers are easier to use and evolve
A screen reader is screen reading software that enables people with visual impairments to use a PC. Firefox 80 improves reading of tree-structured menus, makes SVG labels and descriptions now properly accessible, and fixes a frequent Firefox crash while using

JAWS . Also, in the developer tools, the range accessible by screen readers has expanded.

◆ Firefox can be set as the system default PDF viewer

◆Changes for developers
Added ':block' and ':unblock' commands to the console to block and unblock network requests
-When adding a class name to an element from the inspector, the existing class name will be auto-completed.



-The stack trace can be checked when stopping with 'Stop on Exception' of the debugger.



-The turtle mark will be displayed on the request that the response from the server was late in the network monitor.



-Support for 'export * as namespace' notation of ECMAScript2021
-Changed to be able to display in full screen even if there is no allowfullscreen element if there is fullscreen in Feature-Policy header of iframe.

-Media Session API newly supports two actions, ' seekto ' and ' skipad '.

Firefox 80 also includes a number of security fixes .

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