Firefox 140 Brings Tab Unload, Custom Search & New ESR
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Literally the same reason why Ford sells 150s and 250s and Volvo sells 70s and 90s: They are different products and don't base the version numbers on their competitor.
Actually, Firefox version numbers were totally independent for most of their history, but Mozilla recently adjusted them to roughly align with Chromium versions to reduce confusion for developers.
2004 - Firefox 1.0, no Chrome yet
2010 - Firefox 4.0, Chrome around version 8
2011 - Firefox switches to rapid releases
2020 - Firefox and Chrome both around version 85, just by coincidence
2024 - Firefox jumps from 124 to 126 to align with Chrome 126
2025 - Firefox 126+, Chrome 126+, version numbers now track similarly -
All the downvotes here kinda got me legit angry. Incurious fools and jokers.
It's not a complete answer, but it's partially because the development of Chrome and Firefox have always been highly competitive resulting in them both adopting rapid release cycles around the same time in the early 2010's.
I haven't read too much into the topic, but I wouldn't be surprised if this was as much a marketing decision as well as a developer one. Similar to how Microsoft didn't want to release an XBox 2 in competition with a PlayStation 3.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_version_history
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome#DevelopmentThese are just the Wikipedia links, but there is interesting discussion of development history to be had, here.
I haven’t read too much into the topic, but I wouldn’t be surprised if this was as much a marketing decision as well as a developer one.
Version numbering has no implications on development. Firefox released just as frequently before, just that they didn't increase the major version that often.
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auto tab discard would still have more features though. the built in one is probably more simplified.
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Does this mean i can remove the Auto Tab Discard addon?
auto tab discard would still have more features though. the built in one is probably more simplified.
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how do i even find cool flags to flip and break my browser?
Go to
about:config -
Go to
about:configjust boring flags that do nothing everywhere.
i know the cool ones are somewhere over there though.
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All the downvotes here kinda got me legit angry. Incurious fools and jokers.
It's not a complete answer, but it's partially because the development of Chrome and Firefox have always been highly competitive resulting in them both adopting rapid release cycles around the same time in the early 2010's.
I haven't read too much into the topic, but I wouldn't be surprised if this was as much a marketing decision as well as a developer one. Similar to how Microsoft didn't want to release an XBox 2 in competition with a PlayStation 3.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_version_history
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome#DevelopmentThese are just the Wikipedia links, but there is interesting discussion of development history to be had, here.
Incurious fools
I haven’t read too much into the topic
sigh...
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Not so sure about that... Looking at that page he seems pretty racist, homophobic, and sexist.
I didn't even read that part before, edited to reflect it.
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Literally the same reason why Ford sells 150s and 250s and Volvo sells 70s and 90s: They are different products and don't base the version numbers on their competitor.
Probably more like AMD naming processors XP, moving to 3 digits to match Intel, and stuffing AI into the model name.
Hell, even the Linux kernel is not immune
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This update makes it much easier to add custom search engines in Firefox. You can now right-click in a search field on a supported website and select “Add Search Engine” to add it. You can edit the name and assign a keyboard.
Am I misremembering things, didn't this feature exist already in the past?
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This update makes it much easier to add custom search engines in Firefox. You can now right-click in a search field on a supported website and select “Add Search Engine” to add it. You can edit the name and assign a keyboard.
Am I misremembering things, didn't this feature exist already in the past?
Maybe the old feature was keyword bookmarks, not sure.
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This update makes it much easier to add custom search engines in Firefox. You can now right-click in a search field on a supported website and select “Add Search Engine” to add it. You can edit the name and assign a keyboard.
Am I misremembering things, didn't this feature exist already in the past?
Sort of. I believe search engine providers actually have to create an extension to be listed in the setting.
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just boring flags that do nothing everywhere.
i know the cool ones are somewhere over there though.
I believe
browser.profiles.enabledis a cool one you can enable now which isn't on by default (But will be eventually) -
Why is Firefox 4 or 3 versions ahead of Chromium versions (Edge, Chrome)?
Why is Sony 1000XM1 versions ahead of Apple?
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Maybe the old feature was keyword bookmarks, not sure.
Yeah it definitely was keyword bookmarks, but there was an option to "add a keyword for this search" or something along those lines
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Sort of. I believe search engine providers actually have to create an extension to be listed in the setting.
No I distinctly remember being able to right click and add a keyword and bookmark for search field on random website forms, even internal ones on company intranet sites and such
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Incurious fools
I haven’t read too much into the topic
sigh...
That's my disclaimer that my research on the topic was less than exhaustive when I posted it at midnight,
smartasscool guy. I then when on to offer a legitimate, if simple answer with sources that I linked. I see now the error of my ways in trying to provider a sincere answer to a question instead of posting the same tired dunk as everyone else.I have learned the error of my ways and will carry this lesson with me into the future as we build this Lemmy community.
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I haven’t read too much into the topic, but I wouldn’t be surprised if this was as much a marketing decision as well as a developer one.
Version numbering has no implications on development. Firefox released just as frequently before, just that they didn't increase the major version that often.
Version numbering has no implications on development.
I understand that, so then why change it?
Firefox released just as frequently before, just that they didn’t increase the major version that often.
This does not appear to be true.
- https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/qw856/what_gives_with_the_firefox_rapid_development/
- https://mitchellbaker.net/2011/08/rapid-release-process/
That blog post has an aura of marketing speak around it.
Version numbering has no implication on development and doesn't even need to align internally and publicly, so somewhere a conscious decision was made to do it this way for "reasons". I conjecture those reasons are at least partially due to marketing. Is this not fair?
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That's my disclaimer that my research on the topic was less than exhaustive when I posted it at midnight,
smartasscool guy. I then when on to offer a legitimate, if simple answer with sources that I linked. I see now the error of my ways in trying to provider a sincere answer to a question instead of posting the same tired dunk as everyone else.I have learned the error of my ways and will carry this lesson with me into the future as we build this Lemmy community.
smartass
I can sit on ice cream and tell you the flavour.
Sincerely though - I was just being an ass. I didn't intend any actual offense. I Apologize. And I am not one of those downvotes.
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smartass
I can sit on ice cream and tell you the flavour.
Sincerely though - I was just being an ass. I didn't intend any actual offense. I Apologize. And I am not one of those downvotes.
No worries! I did bring a bit of heat in my response and for that I accept the downvotes.
It does just make me a little angry to see someone post a question out of genuine curiosity where there is a real answer to be researched and discussed and met with a string of tired dunks. That's some serious Reddit behavior right there (diss, intended for other posters).
