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Mozilla Releases Firefox 50 (softpedia.com)

Posted by msmash on from the firefox-club dept.

Mozilla has begun seeding the binary and source packages of the final release of Firefox 50 web browser on all supported platforms, including GNU/Linux and macOS. From a report on Softpedia: We have to admit that we expected to see some major features and improvements, but that hasn't happened. The biggest new feature of the Firefox 50.0 release appears to be emoji for everyone. That's right, the web browser now ships with built-in emoji for GNU/Linux distributions, as well as other operating systems that don't include native emoji fonts by default, such as Windows 8.0 and previous versions. Also new, Firefox 50.0 now shows lock icon strikethrough for web pages that offer insecure password fields. Another interesting change that landed in the Mozilla Firefox 50.0 web browser is the ability to cycle through tabs in recently used order using the Ctrl+Tab keyboard shortcut. Moreover, it's now possible to search for whole words only using the "Find in page" feature. Last but not the least, printing was improved as well by using the Reader Mode, which now uses the accel-(opt/alt)-r keyboard shortcut, the Guarana (gn) locale is now supported, the rendering of dotted and dashed borders with rounded corners (border-radius) has been fixed as well.

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  1. Sorry to be Negative, but... by ytene · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... if the best we can say about Firefox, the "lean, lightweight browser without the bloat" that brought it into existence, is that version 50 has "emojis for everyone", then I think we've completely lost the plot.

    So sorry, FF developers; you have a great platform [it's my browser of choice] but we're losing our way here...

    1. Re:Sorry to be Negative, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

      Then again, you could always read about all the other things that went into it, if emojis aren't your thing. But don't let me rain on your negativity parade (this is Slashdot, so I'm sure you wouldn't be happy with anything they do to Firefox anyway).

    2. Re:Sorry to be Negative, but... by MSG · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Firefox regularly introduces real, tangible improvements. Bagging the whole thing because this one release (made on their regular schedule) isn't ground-breaking is just a little disingenuous.

  2. Soooo... more bloat? by QuietLagoon · · Score: 1, Insightful

    "emojis for everyone"

  3. If I never saw an emoji again it would be too soon by HBI · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I hate those things. They communicate absolutely zero to me. I ignore all posts that include them.

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    HBI's Law: Frequency of calling others Nazis is directly correlated with the likelihood of the accuser being Communist.
  4. I'm curious by hyades1 · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Does anybody even use Firefox anymore?

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    I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
    1. Re:I'm curious by MSG · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Yes, because it uses less memory than other browsers, it syncs my bookmarks and other data between desktop and mobile, and I can use ad-blockers and other extensions on the mobile version.

      As far as I know, that's not true of any other browser.