Tuesday, March 08, 2022

Mozilla Firefox Version 98.0 Released with Security Updates

          FirefoxMozilla sent Firefox Version 98.0 to the release channel today.  The update includes eighteen security updates of which four (4) are rated high and three (3) are rated moderate.

Firefox ESR was updated to Version 91.7.

 

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Moderate

New 

Firefox has a new optimized download flow. Instead of prompting every time, files will download automatically. However, they can still be opened from the downloads panel with just one click.  Additional information is available at Manage Downloads preferences using the Downloads menu panel.

Fixed  

  • Now, you can set a default app to open a file type. Choose the application you want to use to open files of a specific type in your Firefox settings.
  • After updating to Firefox version 98, "Always ask" download actions will now be reset.

Update: To get the update now, select "Help" from the Firefox menu, then pick "About Firefox."  Mac users need to select "About Firefox" from the Firefox menu. If you do not use the English language version, Fully Localized Versions are available for download.

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