Key Details of Mozilla Firefox

  • The Mozilla Firefox browser is available for Windows and other operating systems and offers a versatile browsing experience across platforms.
  • The browser has a user-friendly interface makes navigation intuitive for novice and experienced users.
  • Firefox is compatible with various devices and offers a smooth browsing experience regardless of hardware or operating system.
  • Recommended for users who prioritize privacy, speed, and customization when browsing the web.

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Mozilla Firefox 0/8

Editors' Review

Download.com staff
Open-source and popular browser

Mozilla Firefox goes above and beyond to protect your online activities with its latest feature - protection against supercookies. These elusive trackers persist even after you clear regular cookies, quietly monitoring your web behavior across sites. Firefox's innovative approach isolates these supercookies, preventing them from following you from one site to another.

The Firefox browser offers a clean and intuitive interface emphasizing ease of use. Users have the freedom to customize their browsing experience according to their preferences. The minimalist design keeps distractions at bay, allowing users to focus on what matters most: the content.

Firefox has improved significantly and is now one of the fastest browsers available. Privacy is a major part of Firefox’s appeal. The browser has a private mode that automatically deletes your cookies and clears your browsing history when you shut it down. Firefox also includes a built-in password manager. This manager helps you create, save, and auto-fill your passwords when you need them.

You can sync your information, such as bookmarks, passwords, and open tabs, across all your devices, making it easy to switch from one to another without losing your place. Firefox lets you organize your bookmarks with folders and tags, making them easy to find.

You can change how Firefox looks by choosing from thousands of free themes. This customization makes your browsing experience more personal. Firefox supports various extensions and add-ons that add new tools and features to your browser, enhancing what you can do online. The pinned tabs feature is handy for keeping important pages like email or chat apps open and accessible.

Firefox’s eyedropper tool lets you identify and copy exact color codes from any webpage, which is useful for design and development. You can view and edit PDF files directly in Firefox, adding convenience. The browser blocks unwanted ads and trackers automatically with its ad and tracker blocking features, keeping your browsing smooth and private. Thanks to the web translation feature, you can translate webpages into your language right in the browser without sharing your data. The picture-in-picture mode lets you watch videos in a small window while browsing other tabs.

One of the highlights is Firefox Add-ons, which allow users to enhance and personalize their browsing experience. These add-ons act as powerful tools, allowing users to tailor the browser to their specific needs, from watching tutorials to following their favorite sports teams.

Bottom Line

As well as being easy to use, Firefox is free to download, in line with the principles of openness and transparency. Non-profit support ensures that the browser is focused on the good of the user rather than profit.

What's new in version 85.0.2

  • Firefox now protects you from supercookies, a type of tracker that can stay hidden in your browser and track you online, even after you clear cookies. By isolating supercookies, Firefox prevents them from tracking your web browsing from one site to the next.
  • It’s easier than ever to save and access your bookmarks. Firefox now remembers your preferred location for saved bookmarks, displays the bookmarks toolbar by default on new tabs, and gives you easy access to all of your bookmarks via a toolbar folder.
  • The password manager now allows you to remove all of your saved logins with one click, as opposed to having to delete each login individually.
  • Firefox no longer supports Adobe Flash. There is no setting available to re-enable Flash support.


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Full Specifications

GENERAL
Release
Latest update
Version
85.0.2
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 8.1
Additional Requirements
None
POPULARITY
Total Downloads
52,159,868
Downloads Last Week
88

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Plunge into people-first browsing era with impeccably adapted, highly customizable, and safely secured Web experience.
Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser. Firefox includes pop-up blocking, tab-browsing, integrated Google search, simplified privacy controls, a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online.

Mozilla Firefox is in the Web Browsers category of the Browsers section.