firefox_esr

Konform Browser 140.12.0-103 has been released!

https://codeberg.org/konform-browser/source/releases/tag/140.12.0.103

Some notable news since last week:
- The browser now has a lot more theming options out of the box! This "brings back" the Colorways themes designed by Keely Lascio for Mozilla "Independent Voices" initiative, which were previously part of Firefox for a limited time only. These themes are very lightweight and only affect browser chrome: Negligible impact on installation size and not detectable by webpages. Aesthetics aside, having more builtin color schemes available can be pretty useful for people with multiple browsers/profiles to easily distinguish their domains without having to manually or remotely install new themes to do so. Available at bottom of `about:addons#themes`.

- Fixed multiple media playback issues - certain video or audio formats that would previously play incorrectly or not at all should now play properly.

- Various other smaller fixes and improvements, including some security fixes from upstream. See release notes for details.

In other news, preview release for upcoming v153 is available for anyone interested in testing or browsing on the edge.

Check it out and spread the word ☮️ 🕉️

These announcements can be filtered using #konform_release hashtag.

#konformbrowser #konform_release #browsers #cybersecurity #privacy #opensource #mozilla #firefox #firefox_esr

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Konform Browser 140.9.0-100 has been released!

See release notes for details.

https://codeberg.org/konform-browser/source/releases/tag/140.9.0.100

Besides latest security fixes from #mozilla there is a bunch of updates from #konform #browser. To name a few:

- Reorganized Security Settings with new global configuration for WASM, JIT, WebRTC, WebGPU, Geolocation, DOM Push, etc...

- Security Settings also expose UI for enabling First-Party Isolation (same behavior as Tor Browser) and tweaking Enhanced Tracking Protection.

- Bundled depropped Multi-Account Containers allows configuring per-container proxies and makes container tabs part of core browser experience without having to install telemetry-laden addons.

- Profile Import now supports importing profiles from #firefox and compatible #browsers (#firefox_esr, #floorp, #ironfox, #librewolf, #midori, #palemoon, #waterfox, #zenbrowser)

- Spoofing of Navigator.sendBeacon.

- #privacy improvements and defense-in-depth

- Various bugfixes and minor improvements

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Konform Browser 140.12.0-101 has been released!

https://codeberg.org/konform-browser/source/releases/tag/140.12.0.101

Contains bug fixes as well as backported security fixes from Mozilla Firefox. Users are advised to upgrade.

See release notes for details and below for highlights.

In this release, patched out unused internal book-keeping processes related to Firefox remote feature flags and telemetry so the browser runs more efficiently and quietly with less spurious use of system resources.

Adjustments also made to the changes to integration with RemoteSettings subsystem: When remote sync has not been available or enabled, things should now work more gracefully offline with stock defaults. A few loose ends where sync requests could be attempted despite user configuration have also been tied up, and potential for proxy bypass when retrying failed sync requests has been closed. Users will still receive security-relevant updates for certificate revoke lists under all presets except "Private Protect".

Internally, the konform/source repo is seeing some outstanding cleanup and chores so the structure should be somewhat more consistent and sources more accessible to others. This is also to have a clean slate and diff for the upcoming major v153 upgrade. Development there is well underway and pre-production alpha releases based on Firefox 153 beta versions can be found for preview and testing on Codeberg.

Current v140esr series remains actively maintained and supported by both upstream and Konform also after v153esr soon goes stable.

Check it out and spread the word ☮️ 🕉️

These announcements can be filtered using #konform_release hashtag.

https://konform-browser.codeberg.page/

#konformbrowser #browsers #security #privacy #opensource #mozilla #firefox #linux #konform_release #firefox_esr #OnTheESRTrain #NextStop153