Firefox 50, a new version of the browser now available

Firefox 50

We have known for a long time about certain news that Firefox 50 It will be deployed once it reaches the market, that day has already arrived and along with it a long-awaited press release where those responsible for the platform tell us all the improvements implemented in this famous browser to ensure that, be new, to be up to par one of the largest thanks to a much higher loading speed, among other things.

If you are a Firefox user, surely when you installed version 49 you already noticed certain improvements in the behavior, browsing experience and loading speed of web pages. Thanks to version 50, which will gradually reach all users in the world, these characteristics are noticeably improved. As a detail, just tell you that since version 50 has already been released, Firefox 51 goes to beta phase while Firefox 52 goes to developer.

Firefox 50 is up to 35% faster when loading a web page than version 49 of the browser.

According to the published press release, the most important novelty in Firefox 50 is found in the improvement of the loading of web pages, something that practically the entire community had been complaining about quite repeatedly. Thanks to these improvements, internet browsing now becomes up to 35% faster than the previous version. In addition to this, it has been achieved that the browser takes less time to run.

Another improvement added in Firefox 50 is the ability to search for a specific text within the web page that we have loaded. This new functionality makes the text to be searched, using the shortcut Ctrl + F, as was done until now, is highlighted so that it will be much easier to view all the search results. In turn now a new keyboard shortcut to open reading mode, a more aggressive warning to the pages that come without HTTPS protocol and native support for emojis on Windows and Linux.

Further information: neowin


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