Mozilla has always aimed to make Firefox available to as many people as possible, including those on older Android devices. For years, we’ve supported versions of Android going all the … Read more The post Raising the Minimum Android Version for Firefox appeared first on Future Releases.
For many years, Mozilla has continued to provide Firefox for 32-bit Linux systems long after most other browsers and operating systems ended support. We made this choice because we care … Read more The post Firefox 32-bit Linux Support to End in 2026 appeared first on Future Releases.
Mozilla has continued to support Firefox on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 long after these operating systems reached end of life, helping users extend the life of their … Read more The post Extended Firefox ESR 115 Support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 and macOS 10.12-10.14 appeared first on Future Releases.
With Firefox 115, users on Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 will automatically be moved to the Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR). Firefox is the only major browser that … Read more The post Firefox support for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 appeared first on Future Releases.
With Firefox 115, users on macOS 10.12 (Sierra), macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) and macOS 10.14 (Mojave) will automatically be moved to the Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR). While Apple doesn’t … Read more The post Firefox support for macOS 10.12, 10.13 and 10.14 appeared first on Future Releases.
Today is my last day working for Mozilla. I will soon be starting a new job with Apple. I have worked on a lot of different things over my twelve years at Mozilla. Some numbers: Three years as a contractor, and nine as an employee. 4,441 commits to mozilla-central, 560 to rustc, 148 to rustc-perf, […]
On January 26, 2021, Firefox will end support for Adobe Flash, as announced back in 2017. Adobe and other browsers will also end support for Flash in January and we … Read more The post Ending Firefox support for Flash appeared first on Future Releases.
Due to recent changes at Mozilla my time working on the Rust compiler is drawing to a close. I am still at Mozilla, but I will be focusing on Firefox work for the foreseeable future. So I thought I would wrap up my “How to speed up the Rust compiler” series, which started in 2016. […]
I last wrote in April about my work on speeding up the Rust compiler. Time for another update. Weekly performance triage First up is a process change: I have started doing weekly performance triage. Each Tuesday I have been looking at the performance results of all the PRs merged in the past week. For each […]
On June 30th, macOS 10.9, 10.10 and 10.11 users will automatically be moved to the Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR). While Apple doesn’t have an official policy governing security updates … Read more The post Update on Firefox Support for macOS 10.9, 10.10 and 10.11 appeared first on Future Releases.
We are now spending more time online than ever. At Mozilla, we are working hard to build products to help you take control of your privacy and stay safe online. … Read more The post Introducing Mozilla VPN appeared first on Future Releases.
Last fall, we launched the Firefox Private Network browser extension beta as a part of our Test Pilot experiments program. The extension offers safe, no-hassle network protection in the Firefox … Read more The post Next steps in testing our Firefox Private Network browser extension beta appeared first on Future Releases.