Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

posted by martyb on Thursday November 05 2015, @10:47AM   Printer-friendly
from the six-times-nine dept.

Mozilla Firefox 42 has been released.

In this version, Monica Chew's cross-site tracking protection (announced 10 November 2014) is now enabled during private browsing mode. Previously, the feature could be turned on by configuring privacy.trackingprotection.enabled via about:config—a situation which led to a ZDnet editorial criticizing Mozilla for a "lack of commitment" to the feature. Tracking protection blocks loading of elements from the third-party sites that are included in a blacklist from Disconnect. Besides hindering tracking, it is said to significantly reduce the load times of some pages. The blocked elements can include "analytics, social network buttons and display advertising."

The new version also corrects 17 security flaws, better indicates a site's security, and adds tools for animators.

in the news:

Tech Crunch


[Let the HHGTTG quips begin. -Ed]

Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
  • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Thursday November 05 2015, @11:36PM

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Thursday November 05 2015, @11:36PM (#259175) Journal

    Yeah, but Marvin didn't figure it out by himself:

    It’s printed in the Earthman’s brainwave patterns, but I don’t suppose you’d be interested in knowing that.

    --
    The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
    Starting Score:    1  point
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  

    Total Score:   2