Open Standards
Firefox to reintroduce OpenSearch discovery and install in Firefox 61
Firefox removed the ability to add new search engines with OpenSearch when it removed the separate search field. It has now restored OpenSearch discovery support.
Web Browsers
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Should web browsers adopt Google’s new selective ad-blocking tech?
Firefox and Safari already integrate with the Google Safe Browsing fraud/malware protection service. Should they also adopt its new bad-ads blocking system?
Advertisement Technology
How Chrome’s built-in ad-blocker works
Get the details on how the built-in ad-blocker in Google Chrome works. The ad-blocker only kicks in on websites in violation of the Better Ad Standards policies.
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Firefox 57 with a new and more distracting New Tab experience
The latest Firefox update presents tons of distractions every time you open up a new browser tab. Is this the browsing experience we want?
Web Browsers
Native content blocking in Firefox without installing any extensions
Firefox has a built-in content blocker but you’ll need external tools to use it to block anything.
Web Analytics
Reduce the max cookie lifetime from decades to days in Firefox
Improve your privacy by reducing how long Firefox retains cookies. Who needs to store them for decades? Firefox can cap it at a custom interval.
Microsoft Windows
How to report a false-positive in Microsoft SmartScreen
Report false-positives in Windows SmartScreen to Microsoft when it thinks your software is malicious. Useful for programs without a security reputation.
Web Analytics
Mozilla celebrates 1M new non-Gecko users
Firefox Focus browser, built on WebKit, for Android has been downloaded 1 million times in a month. Whatever happen to Mozilla’s commitment to GeckoView?
Microsoft Windows
EdgeDeflector 1.1.1.0 updated for Windows 10
Update to the latest version of EdgeDeflector for compatibility with Windows 10 16241 onwards. EdgeDeflector makes Windows respect your default browser setting.
Security
How to get Firefox to check for extension updates more often
Configure Firefox to check for extension updates more often than once per day. Keep your extensions safer and more up-to-date.
Browser Extensions
Navigate around dead links with the Wayback Machine browser extension
Experimental browser extension from Mozilla and the Internet Archive helps you find archived copies of dead links as you browse with Firefox.
Hypertext
EdgeDeflector enforces your default browser setting in Windows
EdgeDeflector stops Windows from forces-opening links in Microsoft Edge, and makes Windows respect the system-wide default web browser setting instead.