14 DAY TRIAL // Mozilla has just released Firefox 110, another major update for the browser that obviously includes plenty of improvements and new features.
One of the main highlights is the GPU sandboxing, which has now been enabled by default on Windows. This process has been taking place in stages in the most recent Firefox versions, and now Mozilla is ready to turn it on by default for all users.
The company says that one glitch still exists, and it causes the mouse wheel scrolling to stop working when you browse the web. A fix is already in the works, and it could go live with the first minor revision to Firefox 110.
“A bug in the popular X-Mouse Button Control (XMBC) tool may cause mouse wheel scrolling to stop working. The author(s) are working on an update. Meanwhile, scrolling can be restored by reconfiguring XMBC: either disable the Make scroll wheel scroll window under cursor option in the global settings, or enable the Disable scroll window under cursor option if using a custom profile for Firefox,” Mozilla says.
Firefox 110 also comes with improved importing options. The browser now supports importing bookmarks, history, and passwords from more browsers, as in addition to Edge, Chrome, and Safari, it also works with Opera, Opera GX, and Vivaldi. In other words, it’s not easier to move to Firefox.
Windows users are also getting additional improvements, and so do those on Linux and macOS.
For example, third-party modules can now be blocked from injecting themselves into the browser, and Mozilla says this might have a big contribution to the overall stability of the browser by preventing crashes and odd behavior.
On Linux and macOS, Mozilla is also activating GPU-accelerated Canvas2D by default for all users.
Of course, Firefox 110 also comes with a series of other fixes, including important security patches.