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Mozilla Firefox 153 ESR Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
Mozilla Firefox 153 is an Extended Support Release (ESR) that will receive updates for the next 15 months. It will accompany both Firefox 140 ESR, which will receive updates until September 2026, and the Firefox 115 ESR series. Once Firefox 140 ESR support ends, Firefox 153 ESR will take its place alongside Firefox 115 ESR.
Highlights of Firefox 153 include a new “Pick a color” quick action that lets you pick and copy a color from any web page by typing “pick color”, “color picker”, or “eyedropper” in the address bar, better support for videos with overlays, and the ability to quickly open Firefox Labs by typing “labs” or “experiment” in the address bar.
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OMG Ubuntu ☛ Firefox 153 enables containers, GTK rounded corners by default
Mozilla has released Firefox 153 with built-in containers, QR code generation and more quick actions in the address bar. This is the final “monthly” stable release before Mozilla moves to a faster release cadence, putting out new stable versions of Firefox every two weeks. On an unrelated note, Firefox has decided to resume activity on X (formerly Twitter) after a year of no activity. Like all updates, you can get this one for Windows, macOS and Linux, as well as for Android and iOS (mobile versions have different features and are not covered in this post).
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LWN ☛ Firefox 153 released
Version 153.0 of the Firefox web browser has been released. Notable changes in this release include a change to the default local-file-access permissions for extensions, enabling LAN restrictions by default for all users, a visual indicator when a web site has access to the user's location, the ability to merge PDFs and add images as pages within PDFs, as well as experimental support for the JPEG XL image format.
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Firefox Developer Experience: Firefox WebDriver Newsletter 153
WebDriver is a remote control interface that enables introspection and control of user agents. As such, it can help developers to verify that their websites are working and performing well with all major browsers. The protocol is standardized by the W3C and consists of two separate specifications: WebDriver classic (HTTP) and the new WebDriver BiDi (Bi-Directional).