Mozilla Firefox 134 For Linux Has Been Released

As you may know, Mozilla Firefox is among the most popular open-source internet browsers used on Linux and the developers are doing their best to implement new and awesome things with every release.

Yesterday, Mozilla Firefox 134 has been released, bringing some changes and enhancements.

In this article I will talk only about the changes that apply to Linux systems and will neglect the Windows and Mac OS X specific information.

Some of the improvements Firefox 134 brings to Linux

Support for touchpad hold gestures:

This allows the users to interrupt kinetic scrolling by placing two fingers on the touchpad. This feature was initially planned for Firefox 133, but it seems it missed the release of the previous version.

The biggest change in Mozilla Firefox 134 for Linux users is support for touchpad hold gestures, allowing users to interrupt kinetic (momentum) scrolling by placing two fingers on the touchpad. This feature was initially planned for Firefox 133.

How to enable or disable the kinetic scroll:

Type about:config and change the apz.gtk.touchpad_hold.enabled feature. Like this:

HTML specification model followed for transient user activation more closely

According to Firefox, this makes pop-up blogging less strict in cases where the previous versions of the browser was overly aggressive.

A refreshed New Tab page layout for users in USA and Canada

As I live in Germany, I cannot test the new layout, so I don’t have much information regarding it. Also, it’s part of a progressive rollout, so not everybody will get it anyway, but Mozilla says they “prioritize Web Search, Shortcuts, and Recommended Stories at the top.”, swapping the position of the Firefox logo and the weather widget.

Mozilla expands its search engine partnership with Ecosia

Ecosia is a search engine that promises to use 100% of the profits for climate action, most of the money going towards tree-planting projects.

Ecosia in Firefox 134 now supports all languages in the German region (not just German), along with Austria, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

Bug fixes:

An issue affecting drag-and-drop of files on to Gmail in KDE has been fixed, some debugging capabilities have been added and progress has been made regarding Firefox’s upcoming profile manager.

As the release notes are not yet ready, there isn’t other information regarding this release available.

As I don’t have friends in high places, I don’t have access to any inside info, but I selected some information from 9to5linux and omgubuntu.