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Firefox 144 Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New
Firefox 144 is here to improve the Picture-in-Picture feature by allowing you to close the PiP window without pausing the video using Shift + Click on the close button or Shift + Esc to exit, and to strengthen the encryption used for logins saved in the Firefox Password Manager with a more modern encryption scheme.
For Android users, Firefox 144 introduces a new translations banner to inform users of the translation status of the current webpage and removes the “Allow screenshots in private browsing” setting. For Windows users, Firefox 144 will only use a window on the current virtual desktop or open a new one when accessing a link from another app.
Linuxiac:
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Firefox 144 Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
Almost a month after releasing version 143, Mozilla has launched Firefox 144, the latest update to its popular open-source web browser, now available for download.
One of the most notable changes is the move from the older 3DES-CBC encryption scheme to AES-256-CBC for locally stored passwords, which makes Firefox’s built-in Password Manager more secure, protecting saved logins on disk.
Mozilla notes that this change only affects local data; passwords synced through Firefox Sync were already using AES-256-GCM, which is even stronger and end-to-end encrypted.
LWN:
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Firefox 144.0 released
Version 144.0 of the Firefox browser has been released. Changes this time include improvements to tab-group and profile management, stronger encryption for stored passwords, a "search image with Google Lens" operation, and ""Perplexity, an AI-powered answer engine built into the browser"".
UbuntuHandbook:
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Firefox 144.0 is out! Perplexity AI Search & AES-256-CBC Encryption | UbuntuHandbook
Firefox 144.0, the October release of Mozilla’s web browser, is available to download today!
The new browser release continues improving the tab group feature support. It now supports dragging a tab into a collapsed tab group without automatically expanding it.
OMG Joey:
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Firefox 144 Adds Surveillance Giant Google Lens Support, Profile Manager + More
Mozilla Firefox 144 released with Surveillance Giant Google Lens image search and Perplexity Hey Hi (AI) integration, tab group and translation improvements, and other new features.
The Register:
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Firefox and Thunderbird 144 are here
New versions of both Mozilla's browser and its subsidiary MZLA's messaging client are here – with some bad news for users of older kit.
Firefox 144 arrived yesterday, closely followed by its cousin, the messaging client Thunderbird 144. This version of the messaging app is primarily a bug fix release, with no new features mentioned but 28 listed fixes as well as a dozen security fixes.
Valnet:
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Firefox 144 Arrives With New Tab Features, Profile Management, and More
Mozilla Firefox receives major updates roughly every four weeks, giving the web browser a steady stream of bug fixes, new features, and security enhancements. Firefox 144 has now arrived with new options for tabs and profiles, a Google Lens shortcut, and other improvements.
First, there are two helpful updates to tab management on desktop platforms. If you collapse a tab group, but you're using one of the tabs, that one will stay visible. You can also now drag a tab into a collapsed group without automatically expanding it, which Mozilla says was "a top request from our community."
Firefox 144 also includes a new Profile management feature, allowing you to create separate profiles for work, school, or other categories. Each profile can have different avatars and color schemes, with separate data for bookmarks, tabs, and browsing history. It's like a supercharged version of Firefox's low-level profile support—which usually requires command line parameters to access—and Firefox's Container Tabs extension. Profile management is rolling out gradually, so you might not see it right away after updating to Firefox 144.