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Firefox 48.0 released with Multi-Process support (Electrolysis)

<li class="bbli"> WebRTC embetterments: <ul> <li> Delay-agnostic AEC enabled </li> <li> Full duplex for GNU/Linux enabled </li> <li> ICE Restart & Update is supported </li> <li> Cloning of MediaStream and MediaStreamTrack is now supported </li> <li> Searching for something already in your bookmarks or open tabs? We added super smart icons to let you know </li> <li> Windows folks: Tab (move buttons) and Shift+F10 (pop-up menus) now behave as they should in Firefox customization mode </li> <li> The media parser has been redeveloped using the Rust programming language </li> </ul> </li> <li class="bbli"> Fixed: <ul> <li> Heyo, Jabra & Logitech C920 webcam users.

Vivaldi Snapshot 1.2.479.8 released with more keyboard shortcuts

<p style="text-align: justify;"> <strong>32bit OS</strong> </p> <pre>wget https://downloads.vivaldi.com/snapshot/vivaldi-snapshot-1.2.479.8-1.i386.rpm -O vivaldi-snapshot.i386.rpm sudo rpm -i vivaldi-snapshot.i386.rpm</pre> <p style="text-align: justify;"> <p style="text-align: justify;"> <strong>64bit OS</strong> </p> <pre>wget https://downloads.vivaldi.com/snapshot/vivaldi-snapshot-1.2.479.8-1.x86_64.rpm -O vivaldi-snapshot.x86_64.rpm sudo rpm -i vivaldi-snapshot.

Tor Browser 5.5.5 released

<li> Update HTTPS-Everywhere to 5.1.6 </li> <li> Update NoScript to 2.9.0.11 </li> <li> Bug 18726: Add new default obfs4 bridge (GreenBelt) </li> </ul>

Firefox 45.0.2 released with fix to video playback crash

Mozilla Firefox 45.0.2 was recently released by Mozilla team. This latest release is purely in relation to some important bug fixes, which Mozilla have deemed necessary to bring the browser to a new client version which requires a physical update. These include a fix for Firefox crashing in relation to video playback with Media Source Extension and also a fix an issue impacting the cookie header, when third-party cookies are blocked.

Opera 38 Browser Integrates Free VPN for better online privacy

<p style="text-align: justify;"> <strong>Mac</strong> users just need to click the Opera menu, select “Preferences” and toggle the feature VPN on, while <strong>Windows and Linux</strong> users need to go to the “Privacy and Security” section in “Settings” and enable VPN there. </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> A button will appear in the browser address field, from which the user can see and change location (more locations will appear later), check whether their IP is exposed and review statistics for their data used.

Vivaldi 1.0 Stable version released

<li> Speed Dial Folders <ul> <li> Organize your Speed Dials into folders for convenient access. </li> </ul> </li> <li> Quick Commands <ul> <li> Control everything in Vivaldi with simple text commands </li> </ul> </li> <li> Fast Forward <ul> <li> Jump to the next page in a sequence. Great for search results. </li> </ul> </li> <li> Rewind <ul> <li> Return to the first page you’ve visited at a site. </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <li> Web Panels <ul> <li> View any site in your Vivaldi side panel.

Vivaldi Beta 3 is here – Download Now

<li dir="ltr"> Tab specific zoom allows you to set zoom level for each tab, rather than for each website domain. It avoids having all the tabs zoomed when visiting the same website in different tabs and allows you to keep one zoom level while browsing in a tab. </li> <li dir="ltr"> New Tab Hibernation Options <ul> <li dir="ltr"> This new option gives you more control on your resources. If you are like us and want to have many tabs open, simply right click on the active tab and choose &#8216;Hibernation Background tabs&#8217;.

Firefox 44.0.2 released with bugfix

Mozilla Firefox 44.0.2 was recently released by Mozilla team. This latest release primarily focuses on bugfix. A notable update to this release is it fixes an issue where Firefox hangs or crashes on startup. Mozilla Firefox 44.0.2 changelog Same-origin-policy violation using Service Workers with plugins Lightweight themes on Firefox for Android do not verify a secure connection Application Reputation service disabled in Firefox 43 Unsafe memory manipulation found through code inspection Addressbar spoofing attacks Delay following click events in file download dialog too short on OS X Errors in mp_div and mp_exptmod cryptographic functions in NSS Missing delay following user click events in protocol handler dialog Addressbar spoofing through stored data url shortcuts on Firefox for Android Firefox allows for control characters to be set in cookie names Buffer overflow in WebGL after out of memory allocation Out of Memory crash when parsing GIF format images Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:44.

Google Chrome 47 update released

Google Chrome 47 update (47.0.2526.73 ) recently released, comes with a 41 security fixes, very tiny UI changes (except for the built-in PDF viewer, which was redone entirely), and the removal of the desktop notification center. The iOS version has added new keyboard shortcuts and support for 3D touch. Google Chrome 47 Highlights: Use-after-free in AppCache Cross-origin bypass in core Cross-origin bypass in DOM Out of bounds access in v8 Out of bounds access in Skia Use-after-free in Extensions Type confusion in PDFium Out of bounds access in PDFium.

Pale Moon 25.8.0 – Firefox Based Browser released

Fixes/changes: Updated LibVPX to 1.4.x to be able to play more kinds of VP9-encoded videos. Updated the JPEG decoder library to 1.4.0. Fixed and cleaned up XPCOM timer thread code to avoid intermittent issues with events not firing (especially after stand-by). Updated overrides to work around issues with Facebook and Netflix. Fixed an issue where too-old system-supplied NSPR and/or NSS libraries would be accepted for use. Security fixes:

Pale Moon Browser 25.5.0 released

<p style="text-align: justify;"> <strong>For 32bit OS</strong> </p> <pre style="text-align: justify;">wget sourceforge.net/projects/pm4linux/files/25.5.0/palemoon-25.5.0.en-US.linux-i686.tar.bz2 tar -xjvf palemoon-25.5.0.en-US.linux-i686.tar.bz2 sudo rm -rf /opt/palemoon* sudo mv palemoon /opt/palemoon sudo ln -sf /opt/palemoon/palemoon /usr/bin/palemoon<p style="text-align: justify;"> <strong>For 64bit OS</strong> </p> <pre style="text-align: justify;">wget sourceforge.net/projects/pm4linux/files/25.5.0/palemoon-25.5.0.en-US.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 tar -xjvf palemoon-25.5.0.en-US.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 sudo rm -rf /opt/palemoon* sudo mv palemoon /opt/palemoon sudo ln -sf /opt/palemoon/palemoon /usr/bin/palemoon<p style="text-align: justify;"> Import Firefox profile like bookmarks, history, extensions, etc </p> <pre style="text-align: justify;">cp -R ~/.

Thunderbird 31.6.0 browser released

<p style="text-align: justify;"> <p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #003366;"><strong>Install Thunderbird 31.6.0 on Ubuntu OS</strong></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> <strong>32bit OS</strong> </p> <pre>wget ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/31.6.0/linux-i686/en-US/thunderbird-31.6.0.tar.bz2 tar -xjvf thunderbird-31.6.0.tar.bz2 sudo rm -rf /opt/thunderbird* sudo mv thunderbird /opt/thunderbird sudo ln -sf /opt/thunderbird/thunderbird /usr/bin/thunderbird <p style="text-align: justify;"> <strong>64bit OS</strong> </p> <pre>wget ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/31.6.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/thunderbird-31.6.0.tar.bz2 tar -xjvf thunderbird-31.6.0.tar.bz2 sudo rm -rf /opt/thunderbird* sudo mv thunderbird /opt/thunderbird sudo ln -sf /opt/thunderbird/thunderbird /usr/bin/thunderbird

Mozilla Firefox 36.0.1 released

Mozilla Firefox 36.0.1for desktop had been released and available for download and install. This latest release comes with additional issues been fixed, one of which is the “Hello may become inactive until restart”. Other issues fixed in this release includes: Disable the usage of the ANY DNS query type Fixed a startup crash with EMET Hello may become inactive until restart Print preferences may not be preserved Hello contact tabs may not be visible Accept hostnames that include an underscore character (“_”) WebGL may use significant memory with Canvas2d Option -remote has been restored Fix a top crash See releasenotesfor full details Install Mozilla Firefox 36.

QupZilla 1.8.6 released

added TabManager and FlashCookieManager plugins added CTRL+L shortcut to clear download list in download manager allow closing Download Manager and Browsing Library with Ctrl+W revert option to disable SSLv3, it is now correctly handled by Qt fix issue with tabs with empty url were removed from session fix zoom shortcuts with +/-/0 on numeric block fix hiding iframes that have completely blocked contents in AdBlock fix showing navigation bar when typing into locationbar in fullscreen fix visual issues with FTP listing with RTL layouts fix removing profiles from preferences fix crash when moving bookmarks on FreeBSD