14 DAY TRIAL // Mozilla has just released a new version of Firefox browser for Windows, Linux, and Mac, though the number of improvements this time is obviously much smaller.
And it’s all because Firefox 84.0.1 is just a minor revision to version 84, though judging from the official changelog, there’s at least one critical bug fix that Windows users should check out.
The new update resolves a compatibility problem with certain Windows antivirus products. In the past, such software caused crashes in Firefox, so with today’s update, Mozilla finally resolves this problem and makes sure Firefox 84 runs smoother regardless of the antivirus solution installed on the system.
Mozilla previously said version 84 could also experience certain installation issues when specific antivirus products are installed on the device.
“macOS users running Cylance antivirus software may see their Firefox installation get corrupted due to being erroneously flagged as malware,” Mozilla said earlier this month after shipping Firefox 84.
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Firefox 84.0.1 is likely to be the last browser update of the year, as Mozilla is expected to ship more improvements in early January.
The next big release of the application is due on January 26 when Firefox will be updated to version 85.
Firefox 84 introduced several big changes for the browser, including native support for Apple Silicon.
“Native support for macOS devices built with Apple Silicon CPUs brings dramatic performance improvements over the non-native build that was shipped in Firefox 83: Firefox launches over 2.5 times faster and web apps are now twice as responsive (per the SpeedoMeter 2.0 test),” Mozilla said in the release notes of the application earlier this month.
The upcoming Firefox 85 update will also discontinue support for Flash Player completely, as version 84 is the last release to run Adobe’s plug-in.