Mozilla Releases FireFox 128

williamyf writes: Mozilla has released version 128 of the Firefox web browser. Some noteworthy features include: 'Firefox can now translate selections of text and hyperlinked text to other languages from the context menu. Firefox now has a simpler and more unified dialog for clearing user data. In addition to streamlining data categories, the new dialog also provides insights into the site data size corresponding to the selected time range. On macOS, microphone capture through getUserMedia will now use system-provided voice processing when applicable, improving audio quality.' More info in the release notes here.

But the most important feature of 128 is that it is the newest ESR. Why is this important? Glad you asked: * Firefox ESR is the browser of choice for many Linux distros (including Debian), so this is important for the Linux community at large.* Many downstream projects (like Thunderbird or KAiOS) use Firefox ESR as their base, so whatever is included in 128 will determine the capabilities of those projects for the next year.* Many ISVs (software makers), both big and small, test/certify their software only against the ESR version of Firefox. For users of such software, the new ESR is very important.* Many companies and individuals value stability of the UI/Workflow over new bells and whistles, for them, ESR is important.* When an OS is discontinued, Mozilla lets the ESR be the last browser on the platform, exceeding the support window of the likes of Alphabeth, Apple or Microsoft, so for people on older OSs, ESR is important. Link to download (the ESR) here.

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