They are applications that we use almost continuously and that are the way to connect to the Internet. Hence precisely the importance of the updates that we mentioned to you in order to improve browser security and increase its functionality. We tell you all this because the Mozilla proposal, one of the most used in the world, has just received a major update.
Specifically, we refer to new firefox 116 which includes important news. First of all, we tell you that its developers have made the decision that users of old Windows and Mac operating systems do not receive it. This means that the new version is not available for Windows 7, 8 and 8. It will not reach macOS 10.14, 10.13 and 10.12 either.
Users can access the Help / About Firefox menu so that the program automatically installs this latest version that we mentioned.
Important features coming to Firefox 116
One of the most notable sections that integrates the mentioned update that we are talking about for Firefox, is a volume slider that is now added to the Picture-in-Picture mode. This will allow us control audio when we are playing videos with this increasingly widespread method. It must be said that the Picture-in-Picture mode that is used to play online videos and always have them in view.
At the same time, it is worth noting the changes made to the Ctrl + Shift + T keyboard shortcut. It is worth mentioning that this key combination reopens the last closed tab. At the same time in the case that there is no tab to reopen, it is drawn by hand from the previous session. But as of Firefox 116, this keyboard shortcut that we are discussing also allows us to put previously closed browser windows back on the screen. Thus, when making use of this function, Firefox reopen the last closed tab or window, depending on which was closed most recently.
At this point it’s also worth noting that the Mozilla folks here have significantly improved the performance of HTTP/2 upload in Firefox. This is something that becomes especially evident when we find connections with a longer delay when loading content.
Other novelties that Mozilla adds to the browser
As usual here we are also going to find a series of new functions and minor features that are integrated into the new Firefox 116. Here are some of them:
- Users can now change sidebar panels with keyboard shortcuts for Bookmarks and History.
- Now we can copy and paste any operating system file in Firefox.
- The program allows you to edit existing text annotations.
- Fixed a bug that allowed users to access private browsing from the command line, even if the feature was disabled by the administrator.
