Mozilla has already uploaded Firefox 136 to their web server. Does this mean that it is officially launched? No, it means that it is already available for download. The launch will be made official in less than 24 hours, at around noon in Spain. New versions of the red panda's browser are made official on Tuesdays, but the files are uploaded hours before to make sure that everything works perfectly when they decide to press the button.
Among the novelties, the arrival of the vertical tabsI'm not a big fan of this tab placement, but many users do prefer them in that area and Mozilla has listened to them. To complement this, or to make it work properly, it is now also possible to activate the updated sidebar from the general settings.
Other new features in Firefox 136
In a few days when There has been some controversy over privacy, the new version of the Mozilla browser has Improved dialog for deleting browsing data and cookies, which now allows you to delete saved forms. I don't think it calms people down much, nor do they do it on purpose; they just made the timing work.
In the same privacy section, the Smartblock Embeds option allows us to unblock some embedded elements from social networks. Many of them are blocked by the ETP privacy feature, but the new setting allows us to view these embeds on demand.
To improve loading, Firefox 136 upgrades loading to HTTPS by default and falls back to HTTP if the secure connection fails. The behavior is called HTTPS first, and offers, in addition to greater security, greater comfort.
To users of Linux with AMD GPUs You will be glad to know that the hardware decoding has been enabled for them. Also for us, Firefox 136 is also available on ARM64 (aarch64), and can be installed both from APT and from its tarball.
other developments
Among other new features, the new tab weather widget has reached new countries, page auto-fill is now available in the UK, and improvements have been added to CSS support.
Firefox 136 will be made official tomorrow, but the most impatient users can download it from your server.