'Firefox 126' official release, adding the ability to remove tracking parameters when copying URLs
The official version of the web browser ' Firefox 126 ' has been released. It has been updated with new features such as the ability to remove tracking parameters when copying URLs and support for Zstandard compression, as well as the ability to collect data to improve search functions.
Firefox 126.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes
◆ Ability to remove tracking parameters when copying URLs
You can now select a URL and click 'Copy without site tracking' in the right-click menu to copy the URL while removing the tracking parameters.
For example, if you copy the Firefox release notes page as is, it will become the following URL.
[code]https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/126.0/releasenotes/?utm_source=firefox-browser&utm_medium=firefox-desktop&utm_campaign=about-dialog[/code]
On the other hand, if you use the 'Copy excluding site tracking' function, the result is as follows.
[code]https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/126.0/releasenotes/[/code]
◆ Supports
We now support Zstandard compression, which is a more efficient alternative to gzip and brotli. According to benchmark results, Zstandard can decompress files 3.5 times faster than brotli while increasing the compression ratio.
◆ Collect data to improve search functionality
To improve search functionality, the company now collects data on what type of search a user performed when they performed a search. The data is collected using OHTTP to categorize searches and count them by country, so that individual data cannot be linked to users.
At the time of writing, the following categories are available:
'Animals', 'Arts', 'Automobiles', 'Business', 'Careers', 'Education', 'Fashion', 'Finance', 'Food', 'Government', 'Health', 'Hobbies', 'Family', 'Uncertainty', 'News', 'Real Estate', 'Society', 'Sports', 'Technology', 'Travel'
Changes for developers
Support for URL.parse()
・CSS zoom property is enabled by default
- Added the ':state()' pseudo element and the ' CustomStateSet ' interface to CSS custom elements.
- Screen Wake Lock API support
IDBFactory.databases is now supported, allowing you to enumerate IndexedDBs.
◆Other changes
- Catalan has been added to Firefox translation
- AV1 hardware decode acceleration has been enabled on macOS with M3 chip
The URL pasting suggestions feature that appeared in Firefox 125 has been suspended due to performance issues.
Firefox 126 also includes several security bug fixes .
The next major version, Firefox 127, is scheduled to be released on June 11, 2024 local time.
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