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Firefox 103 Available to Download, But Promised Swipe Gesture is MIA
If you’re impatient to get your hands on the latest version of the Mozilla Firefox
web browser you’ll pleased to hear Firefox 103 is now up on the Mozilla FTP ahead of
a formal release later this week.
Mozilla Firefox 103 features another clutch of conservative changes aimed at improving
the overall experience of using the browser rather than dramatically reinventing it.
This release was expected to add a big new feature: two finger horizontal swipe to move
back/forward between pages on Linux, with accompanying animation/OSD indication – as
this gif demos:
This won’t be news if you read omglinux.com as I wrote about this change back in June.
The reaction from readers to the (then beta) feature was positive; most welcome this this
long requested feature that puts Firefox on par with other browsers available for the
platform.
Despite the bug tracking the gesture being marked as ‘fixed’ for 103 the gesture
isn’t working in the binary’s published thus far.
The idea is that the gesture should work “out of the box” when using the latest version
of Firefox under Wayland (it will also work under X11 if the MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 environment
variable is set).
Perhaps it’s been punted to Firefox 104?
You can continue to hold alt and swipe with two fingers left/right to move back and forward,
but the alt-less version is a much nicer implementation.
Elsewhere, Firefox 103 now highlights fields in PDF forms, is better at handling high-refresh
rate monitors (120Hz+), and enables subtitles/captions in Picture-in-Picture used with Funimation,
Dailymotion, Tubi, and a handful of other video streaming sites (adding the the plethora
that support it already).
Firefox 103 removes the configuration option to allow SHA-1 signatures in certificates.
Mozilla say SHA-1 signatures in certificates are “no longer secure enough” and thus
are no longer supported.
Elsewhere, Linux users benefit from a number of fixes relating to WebGL performance when
running on the NVIDIA binary drivers; VA-API works on hybrid mesa drivers; and the “tell
Mozilla about the crash” checkbox is now checked by default on Linux (inline with the
default setting on other systems).
Download Firefox 103 Mozilla Firefox 103 is due for release on
July 26th (tomorrow if you’re reading this) The update will filter out to all Windows,
macOS, and Linux users via appropriate update routes .
Don’t want to wait?
You can download Firefox 103 from the Mozilla FTP server for your locale, extract the archive
and then run the Firefox binary inside.
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Mozilla Firefox 103 Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New
The Mozilla Firefox 103 web browser is now available for download ahead of its planned
release on July 26th, 2022, a new stable release that brings many performance improvements
and other enhancements.
“SHA-1 signatures in certificates, long since determined to no longer be secure enough,
are now not supported,” said Mozilla.
Firefox 103 has been in beta since June 27th, 2022, and it introduces improved WebGL performance
on Linux systems when using the NVIDIA binary drivers via DMA-Buf, improved performance
on high-refresh rate monitors of 120Hz or higher, and stronger security due to the removal
of the configuration option that allows SHA-1 signatures in certificates.
Among other noteworthy changes, Mozilla Firefox 103 now highlights required fields in PDF
forms, preserves non-breaking spaces when copying text from a form control, and makes
it easier to access the buttons in the Tabs toolbar with the Tab, Shift+Tab, and Arrow
keys.
Also improved is the Picture-in-Picture (PiP) feature, which now supports subtitles and
captions for the Dailymotion, Funimation, Hotstar, SonyLIV, and Tubi video streaming
services.
There were rumors that Mozilla plans to add another new tracking protection feature in
Firefox 103, called URL Query Parameter Stripping, but it looks like it’s disabled by default
in the final release.
This feature strips tracking parameters from web addresses to protect your privacy in ETP
strict mode and Private Browsing Mode.
As mentioned before, Mozilla has scheduled the rollout of Firefox 103 for July 26th,
2022, when macOS and Windows users will be able to update their installations via OTA
(Over-the-Air) updates.
But Linux users can download the binary packages for 64-bit or 32-bit systems right now from
the download server.
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Mozilla Firefox 103.0 announced
The 103.0 version of Mozilla Firefox , a fast, functional and open source internet browser,
whose beta version was announced on 28 June 2022 , has been announced.
You will be able to review the release notes for detailed information about version 103.0
. The browser, which continues on its way with the principle of "security, stability,
speed and more"; It has a protection shield developed against spyware, viruses and unintentional
pop-ups, phishing protection, and can be personalized as desired with thousands of useful add-ons.
Most add-ons can be used by default with Firefox.
Developed support standards for HTML5, XHR, MathML, SMIL; Mozilla Firefox, which has some
stability issues fixed, comes with capabilities such as hardware accelerated graphics and
HTML5 technologies for web and plug-in developers, and significantly improved JavaScript performance.
Firefox; It is available in more than 90 languages ​​with contributions from Mozilla community
members around the world.
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