{"id":546,"date":"2024-03-19T14:02:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T14:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/mozilla-firefox-124-update-unveiling-misc-improvements-and-linux-fixes\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T06:20:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T06:20:41","slug":"mozilla-firefox-124-update-unveiling-misc-improvements-and-linux-fixes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/mozilla-firefox-124-update-unveiling-misc-improvements-and-linux-fixes\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla Firefox 124 Update: Unveiling Misc Improvements and Linux Fixes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>Mozilla Firefox 124 is now officially available to download.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>The latest update to the open-source web browser includes a small clutch of improvements.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Firefox View can now sort open tabs by recent activity (default) or tab order making it a touch faster to find specific tabs using this feature; and Firefox\u2019s built-in PDF viewer now supports caret browsing mode for improved accessibility. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/149366088.v2.pressablecdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/firefox-124-view-sorting.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Firefox View\u2019s new sorting options for open tabs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>The Firefox snap package for Ubuntu experienced a <a href=\"https:\/\/discourse.ubuntu.com\/t\/firefox-122-snap-temporary-native-messaging-breakage-for-ubuntu-22-04-users-fixed-since\/41940?u=d0od\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">regression<\/a> in native messaging portal support (utilized by some web extensions, including the GNOME Shell extensions tool) in the Firefox 122 release. This issue has been addressed in the most recent update.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Additional corrections for Linux include resolutions for issues where PiP windows could not be relocated; tooltips in the <code>about:preferences<\/code> section displayed light style when dark mode was engaged; and <a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=1796960\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an anomaly<\/a> wherein Firefox occasionally crashed on Cinnamon, KDE, and MATE when selecting and subsequently dragging a tab.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>For macOS users, Firefox 124 employs the operating system\u2019s native fullscreen API for all categories of fullscreen windows, ensuring a consistent user experience as with other Mac apps and proper functioning with workspaces, the menubar, and the desktop dock.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>On Windows, Firefox 124 now fills the Windows taskbar jump list \u201cmore efficiently\u201d, while Firefox for Android 124 introduces pull to refresh and supports the HTML drag and drop API when operating a mouse.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>The Firefox 124 beta did include support for the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/docs\/Web\/API\/Screen_Wake_Lock_API\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Screen Wake Lock web API<\/a>. This was expected to debut in the final, stable release \u2014 it didn\u2019t. <\/p>\n<p>The Screen Wake Lock API is used by web developers to prevent device screens from dimming or locking when their web-based app\/site is running\/being used. Firefox is late to adopting it; the API has been supported in Chromium-based browsers since 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Should be present next time, though!<\/p>\n<h2>Getting Mozilla Firefox 124<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Those using Ubuntu will get an automated update to Mozilla Firefox 124 in the forthcoming days. 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