Mozilla Firefox 136 Is Out with Vertical Tabs and Official ARM64 Linux Binaries
Highlights of Firefox 136 include official Linux binary packages for the AArch64 (ARM64) architecture, hardware video decoding for AMD GPUs on Linux systems, a new HTTPS-First behavior for upgrading page loads to HTTPS, and Smartblock Embeds for selectively unblocking certain social media embeds blocked in the ETP Strict and Private Browsing modes.
Of course, the new vertical tabs layout is the biggest new feature of Firefox 136, which lets users escape the traditional horizontal tabs layout. When enabling the Vertical tabs layout, you will be able to choose if you want to see the sidebar, where you can quickly access bookmarks, tabs from other devices, and more.
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Firefox 136 Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
A month after releasing version 135, Mozilla has launched Firefox 136, the latest update to its popular open-source web browser, now available for download. So, without further ado, to the changes.
MacOS users can expect lower energy consumption in the new version, as some background tasks are seamlessly shifted to lower-power cores. Hardware-accelerated playback of HEVC videos has also arrived on macOS, while AMD GPU owners on Linux get hardware video decoding support for a smooth visual experience.
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Firefox 136 Released with Vertical Tabs, New Sidebar + More - OMG! Ubuntu
Last month’s Firefox 135 release rolled out a refreshed tab page to more users, added in-page translations from Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, enforced certificate transparency, and ditched the ‘Do Not Track’ setting.
This month sees a long-anticipated features make their stable release debut: vertical tabs!
Right-click an empty space in the tab bar, select Turn on Vertical Tabs from the context menu and—bam!—they appear instantly as a a vertical strip of icons on the left-hand side of the browser (and the header bar on Linux sees toolbar items move next to window controls)...
Firefox 136.0 Released with Vertical Tabs & AMD GPU Decoding | UbuntuHandbook
Firefox web browser 136.0 is out today with many new features!
The new release introduced a new setting option, allowing to add sidebar toggle button in top-left, to quickly show/hide the side-bar. Where, you can quickly access the AI chatbox, history, tabs from other devices, and settings.
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Firefox 136 finally brings the features that fans wanted
Mozilla's Firefox 136 is out today. Despite recent Mozilla moves, it's still a better choice for the privacy-conscious than Chrome.
Firefox 136 is already on Mozilla's FTP server and will start trickling out onto the main webserver later today. This version delivers three important features that will be good news for some users after the arguably bad news of "do not track" being dropped from version 135.
For this particular vulture, the most pleasing update is the long-awaited built-in support for vertical tabs. As we reported last year, this was available in the beta of Firefox 131 but not in the final version.
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Firefox 136 Has Arrived: Here's What's New
Mozilla Firefox receives major updates roughly every four weeks, giving the web browser a steady stream of bug fixes, security enhancements, and new functionality. Firefox 136 is rolling out today with video playback improvements, automatic HTTPS upgrades, and more.
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Firefox 136.0 released
Version 136.0 of the Firefox browser has been released. Changes include a new vertical tab layout, an automatic attempt to upgrade HTTP connections to HTTPS, support for AMD GPUs on Linux, an Arm64 port for Linux, and more.