Firefox 109 has already been released and these are its news

The new version of Firefox 109 is available for download in general and in this new version one of the most notable changes is the default activation of Manifest V3 for extension developers, as well as the "Unified Extensions" button on the toolbar, among other things.

Firefox 109 is the first version of the browser this year, but unsurprisingly, the changes on offer are relatively minor overall, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

With the integration of the new manifesto, developers can still use Manifest V2 (until June 2023). Mozilla opted for Manifest V3 so developers wouldn't have to make each extension twice. However, in the Firefox approach, Manifest V3 will be more free; for example, you'll still find web request blocking there, which is missing from the Manifest V3 approach in Chrome.

Another of the changes that stands out is the “unified extensions” button that streamlines the toolbar area when various extensions are installed, as well as surface extensions that run in the background so you can see if they affect the current page, as well as manage, pin, report or delete it.

For manage extension permissions, all you need to do is:

• Click the extensions button on the toolbar.
• Locate the extension with a green dot in the panel that opens.
• Click the menu button (the cogwheel) to manage your permissions.
• Select the permissions you want to grant to the extension.

Another novelty presented by the new version of Firefox is the Arbitrary Code Guard function, an exploit protection function developed by Microsoft, has been enabled in the processes of the media player utility, which improves security for Windows users. .

Of the other changes that stand out:

• In the autoclick system for banners that request permission to use Cookies on sites
• (cookiebanners.bannerClicking.enabled and cookiebanners.service.mode in about:config), the ability to add sites to the list of exceptions for which autoclick does not apply is implemented. .
• The network.ssl_tokens_cache_use_only_once setting is enabled by default to prevent reuse of session tickets in TLS.
• The network.cache.shutdown_purge_in_background_task setting is enabled, which resolves the issue with successful completion of file I/O on shutdown.
• Added item (“Pin to Toolbar”) to plugin context menu to pin the plugin button to the toolbar.
• Provided the ability to use Firefox as a document viewer, selected in the system via the "Open With" context menu.
• Added information about screen refresh rate to the about:support page.
• Added settings for ui.font.menu, ui.font.icon, ui.font.caption, ui.font.status-bar, ui.font.message-box, etc. to override system fonts.
• Enabled by default is support for the scrollend event that fires when the user finishes scrolling (when the position stops changing) on ​​Item and Document objects.
• Storage API access partitioning is provided when third-party content is rendered, regardless of the Storage Access API.

Finally, if you are interested in being able to know more about it, you can consult the details in the following link.

How to install the new version of Firefox 109 on Linux?

Ubuntu users, Linux Mint or some other derivative of Ubuntu, They can install or update to this new version with the help of the browser's PPA.

This can be added to the system by opening a terminal and executing the following command in it:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-security/ppa -y
sudo apt-get update

Done this now they just have to install with:

sudo apt install firefox

For Arch Linux users and derivatives, just run in a terminal:

sudo pacman -S firefox

Now for those who are Fedora users or any other distribution derived from it:

sudo dnf install firefox

For all other Linux distributions can download the binary packages from the following link.