{"id":3481,"date":"2018-01-23T06:46:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T14:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/?p=3481"},"modified":"2018-01-25T06:06:41","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T14:06:41","slug":"latest-firefox-quantum-release-available-with-faster-always-on-privacy-with-opt-in-tracking-protection-and-new-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/2018\/01\/latest-firefox-quantum-release-available-with-faster-always-on-privacy-with-opt-in-tracking-protection-and-new-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Firefox Quantum release available with faster, always-on privacy with opt-in Tracking Protection and new features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We accept things in the online world that we wouldn\u2019t accept in the physical one. For instance, how would you feel if you popped your head in a store and that store now had the ability to keep sending you flyers even if you didn\u2019t buy anything? Online, we often visit sites that track us, but it isn\u2019t clear when this is happening or how the information is being used. Adding insult to injury, this often invisible tracking actually slows down web pages.<\/p>\n<p>Since January 28 is International Data Privacy Day, it\u2019s a good time to talk about one of Firefox Quantum\u2019s most powerful features \u2014 Opt-in Tracking Protection. To jog your memory, we launched <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/03\/firefox-now-offers-a-more-private-browsing-experience\/\">Tracking Protection in Private Browsing<\/a> mode two years ago, which was unheard of at the time. Users could freely browse in Private Browsing mode without worrying about being tracked and getting inundated with ads. Since then we\u2019ve studied Tracking Protection and found that, in addition to protecting their privacy, users actually have a better, faster experience with the web when pages load without trackers. That is why in November we upped the ante in Firefox Quantum and began offering our users the option to turn on Tracking Protection all the time. 24-7.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11198 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ffp4g1ylyit3jdyti1hqcvtb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Disconnect-Study-Blog-Post_Revision01-04.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1001px) 100vw, 1001px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Disconnect-Study-Blog-Post_Revision01-04.png 1001w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Disconnect-Study-Blog-Post_Revision01-04-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Disconnect-Study-Blog-Post_Revision01-04-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Disconnect-Study-Blog-Post_Revision01-04-600x300.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Disconnect-Study-Blog-Post_Revision01-04-1000x500.png 1000w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1001\" height=\"501\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Results based on test found <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/20\/firefox-private-browsing-vs-chrome-incognito\/\"><i>here<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Besides privacy, we noticed that <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/20\/firefox-private-browsing-vs-chrome-incognito\/\">speed was one of the many benefits<\/a> to having Tracking Protection turned on. Everyone likes a fast browser. Check out the video:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pDZXaegVuUE?rel=0\" width=\"853\" height=\"505\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\">&lt;span<br \/>\nstyle=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden;<br \/>\nline-height: 0;&#8221; data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221;<br \/>\nclass=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&gt;\ufeff&lt;\/span&gt;<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To turn on Tracking Protection, just open your \u201cPreferences\u201d and click on \u201cPrivacy &amp; Security.\u201d Scroll down to \u201cTracking Protection,\u201d and click on \u201cAlways.\u201d Now, you\u2019re all set.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-extra-large wp-image-11203\" src=\"https:\/\/ffp4g1ylyit3jdyti1hqcvtb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-23-at-6.11.20-AM-1000x356.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-23-at-6.11.20-AM-1000x356.png 1000w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-23-at-6.11.20-AM-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-23-at-6.11.20-AM-768x274.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-23-at-6.11.20-AM-600x214.png 600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"356\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also available on your mobile devices, to learn how to turn on Tracking Protection, click on the following: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/tracking-protection-ios\">Firefox for iOS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/tracking-protection-firefox-android\">Android<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><b>More speed comes to Firefox for Fire TV this week<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Leveraging the same Tracking Protection technology we use in Firefox and Firefox Focus, \u201cTurbo Mode\u201d will be <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/firefox\/get-firefox-amazon-fire-tv-now-turbo-mode\/\">available this week on Firefox for Fire TV<\/a>. We\u2019re calling it \u201cTurbo Mode\u201d because it gives you a faster and less cluttered browsing experience. The feature will be enabled by default. There may be times where sites may not load properly when Turbo Mode is enabled so the feature can be managed from the option menu in those instances.<\/p>\n<h2><b>New features for today\u2019s Firefox releases<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>With today\u2019s release, we\u2019re building on the great foundation provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/14\/introducing-firefox-quantum\/\">Firefox Quantum<\/a> on desktop and adding new capabilities for Firefox for Android.<\/p>\n<h3><b>A faster, smoother web with graphics engine enhancements<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve all experienced that moment when you\u2019re patiently waiting for a page to load, and the images and text get choppy. It slows down, and sometimes, it just hangs. We call this annoying phenomenon jank, and we\u2019re always working on making Firefox less janky.<\/p>\n<p>To help reduce jank, today Firefox Quantum is launching an improved engine that more efficiently paints your screen, using a dedicated CPU thread. The impact of this improvement is that Firefox Quantum is now even faster, and on certain websites, much smoother. Just how do we know? Our engineers created a test that simulates running heavy JavaScript. While running this test, Firefox\u2019s frame rate improved by 30% (from 31 to 40 frames per second). You can <a href=\"https:\/\/mozillagfx.wordpress.com\/2017\/12\/05\/off-main-thread-painting\/\">read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11196 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/ffp4g1ylyit3jdyti1hqcvtb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ff58_bloggraphics_heavyjs_v1-01.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ff58_bloggraphics_heavyjs_v1-01.png 1000w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ff58_bloggraphics_heavyjs_v1-01-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ff58_bloggraphics_heavyjs_v1-01-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ff58_bloggraphics_heavyjs_v1-01-600x300.png 600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Frame rates based on Mozilla\u2019s <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/mozillagfx.wordpress.com\/2017\/12\/05\/off-main-thread-painting\/\"><i>test described here<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Solid progress, and we\u2019re not stopping. We\u2019re currently working on integrating <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/servo\/webrender\">WebRender<\/a>, a next-generation web page renderer we initially developed as part of our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.servo.org\">Servo research project<\/a>, into Firefox Quantum. We expect WebRender will result in Firefox Quantum having even faster frame rates. Stay tuned in the coming months to learn more about it.<\/p>\n<h3><b>New features for Firefox for Android <\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Improved Bookmarking<\/b> \u2013 We revised our bookmarking feature to help you quickly get to the sites you want to visit. Instead of a dialog box, you\u2019ll get a full screen where you can easily organize and see your folders, create new ones, and move your bookmarks in your respective folders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11200 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ffp4g1ylyit3jdyti1hqcvtb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Improved-Bookmarking-300x504.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Improved-Bookmarking-300x504.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Improved-Bookmarking.png 467w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"504\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Progressive Web Apps (PWA) Support <\/b>\u2013 We\u2019ve also improved Firefox for Android to better support <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/Apps\/Progressive\">PWAs<\/a>, a specific type of website that can appear as a mobile app on your phone. When you are browsing in Firefox for Android and come across a website that is a PWA, you\u2019ll see a house-shaped button in your address bar. If you want to add that website as an app, simply tap the house-shaped button and the website\u2019s icon will appear on your home screen. Now, you can visit that website by simply tapping its icon \u2013 full-screen, outside of the browser UI, without an address bar. You can learn more about it <a href=\"https:\/\/hacks.mozilla.org\/2017\/10\/progressive-web-apps-firefox-android\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t yet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/firefox\/switch\/\">switched to the new Firefox Quantum browser<\/a>, we invite you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/channel\/desktop\/#firefox\">download<\/a> the latest version.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Download<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/firefox\/channel\/#firefox\"> Firefox for Windows, Mac, Linux<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Release Notes for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/en-US\/firefox\/58.0\/releasenotes\/\">Firefox for Windows, Mac, Linux<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Download<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox&amp;referrer=utm_source%3Dmozilla%26utm_medium\"> Firefox for Android<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Release Notes for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/en-US\/firefox\/android\/58.0\/releasenotes\/\">Firefox for Android<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>First published Jan. 23, 6a.m. PT.<br \/>\n<b>Update, Jan. 25 6 a.m. PT: Adds details about Firefox for Fire TV.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We accept things in the online world that we wouldn\u2019t accept in the physical one. For instance, how would you feel if you popped your head in a store and &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/2018\/01\/latest-firefox-quantum-release-available-with-faster-always-on-privacy-with-opt-in-tracking-protection-and-new-features\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,8807,4498],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3481"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}