Firefox 65 is out now, and the update brings a new interface that makes it even easier to fine-tune control over blocking trackers. The basic options are still pretty similar to what was offered in the old version. The most users will still be choosing through what Firefox now calls “standard” mode, which blocks trackers in private (i.e., incognito) windows and “strict” mode, which blocks all trackers at all times.
You get to the controls by clicking the “i” icon in a website’s address bar. That’ll also let you see just what trackers are there on a particular website.
Firefox 65
Firefox 65 updates its controls for how the web browser manages content like tracker software and cookies. Firefox now has three options to fine-tune its privacy setting: standard, strict and custom. Standard blocks tracking but only in private tabs, though later it’ll block third-party trackers in ordinary websites, too. Strict blocks tracking in all windows, but it may break some websites. Custom lets you pick specific controls for blocking cookies and trackers.
The moves are part of a crackdown among browser makers trying to stick up for users after years of increasingly intrusive behavior by advertisers and website publishers.
The new addition of Firefox 65 supports the new AV1 video compression technology. Mozilla helped develop along with Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Cisco and others. AV1 is royalty-free and has gained traction in part because of the technical and legal difficulties.
Not only that, it also support for Google’s WebP image format, which is useful for shrinking some files more than is possible with its main alternatives, JPEG and PNG, so websites load faster and don’t use as much network capacity.
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