Firefox 128
Firefox version 128.0, released on July 9, 2024, brings text translation, personalized search, improved data clearing, streaming in Private Browsing, Privacy Preserving Attribution API, enhanced audio for macOS, security fixes, rendering improvements, developer enhancements, and community contributions. Older Windows and macOS users are advised to switch to Firefox ESR for ongoing support.
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Firefox version 128.0, released on July 9, 2024, introduces new features such as text translation, personalized search suggestions, improved data clearing dialog, support for streaming site content in Private Browsing mode, and a Privacy Preserving Attribution API. Notably, macOS users will experience enhanced audio quality during microphone capture. The update also includes security fixes and changes like improved rendering of text files and certificate renewal for add-on verification. Developers will find enhancements in CSS rules specificity display and error flags for custom property declarations. Additionally, Firefox now supports resizable ArrayBuffers and Growable SharedArrayBuffers, codec preferences, and updated Accept headers for images and documents. Community contributions are acknowledged, with nine new volunteers recognized for their code contributions. Users on older Windows and macOS versions are advised to switch to Firefox ESR for continued support. The release notes provide detailed information on policy updates, enterprise-specific bug fixes, and developer-focused improvements.
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2 commentsI can't reproduce the Copy and Paste context menu entries sometimes disabled when they should not be bug since updating from 127.0.2 to 128.0
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