Firefox 70.0 est disponible

La version 70.0 de Firefox vient de sortir. Cette fois ci, la nouvelle version du navigateur  met principalement l’accent sur la vie privée et la sécurité des utilisateurs. Désormais, le programme bloque par défaut tous les trackeurs sociaux utilisés par Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, etc… Firefox a également été optimisé afin d’être plus rapide à charger les vidéos (+37%) tout en consommant moins de ressources (+22% sur MAC).

Comme on peut le voir dans le changelog officiel publié sur le site de Mozilla, Firefox 70.0 apporte pas mal de changements et améliorations.

Quels changements pour Firefox 70.0 ?

More privacy protections from Enhanced Tracking Protection:
– Social tracking protection, which blocks cross-site tracking cookies from sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, is now a standard feature of Enhanced Tracking Protection.
– The Privacy Protections report shows an overview, with details, of the trackers Firefox has blocked. It provides consolidated reports from Monitor and Lockwise.

More security protections from Firefox Lockwise, our digital identity and password management tool:
– Lockwise for desktop lets you create, update, and delete your logins and passwords to sync across all your devices, including the Lockwise mobile apps and Firefox mobile browsers
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– Integrated breach alerts from Firefox Monitor, to alert you when saved logins and passwords are compromised in online data breaches.
– Complex password generation, to help you create and save strong passwords for new online accounts.

Improvements to core engine components, for better browsing on more sites
– A faster Javascript Baseline Interpreter to handle the modern web’s
– large codebases and improve page load performance by as much as 8 percent.
– WebRender rolled out to more Firefox for Windows users, now available by default on Windows desktops with integrated Intel graphics cards and resolution of 1920×1200 or less) for improved graphics rendering.
– Compositor improvements in Firefox for macOS that reduce power consumption, speed up page load by as much as 22 percent, and reduce resource use for video by up to 37 percent.

More browser features to help you get the most out of Firefox products and services
– A stand-alone Firefox account menu for easy access to Firefox services like Monitor and Send.
– A message panel accessed from the gift icon in the toolbar that offers a quick overview of new releases and key features.
– When a website uses your geolocation, an indicator is shown in the address bar.

Comme d’habitude, vous pouvez télécharger Firefox 70.0 soit depuis notre section Téléchargement (via les liens ci-dessous) soit directement depuis le logiciel Firefox en passant par l’onglet « ? » puis « A propos de Firefox ».

– Télécharger Firefox 70.0 pour Windows (32-bit)
– Télécharger Firefox 70.0 pour Windows (64bit)
– Télécharger Firefox 70.0 pour Mac
– Télécharger Firefox 70.0 pour Linux