New version of the browser now available for download

Feb 19, 2020 05:30 GMT  ·  By

Mozilla has recently released the first minor update for Firefox 73, this time bringing important fixes for Windows and Linux systems running the browser.

With this update, Firefox reaches version 73.0.1, and the most notable improvement concerns Linux devices.

According to the official release notes (embedded at the end of the article), this new update fixes crashes experienced on some Linux systems when playing encrypted content.

The issue was first listed on Bugzilla, Mozilla’s bug-tracking system, on February 10, and was confirmed in all modern Linux distros. Furthermore, rolling-release distros were also said to be affected, including Arch and Fedora, all of them eventually failing to play DRM media, as noted in the bug report.

Windows improvements

Windows users are also getting their own share of patches in this new Firefox update, including a bug fix specifically supposed to correct browser crashes experienced on devices where certain third-party security software is installed. The problem doesn’t seem to affect too many products, however, but 0patch and GDATA software is said to be affected, according to the official Mozilla changelog.

This time, the bug was reported in Firefox Nightly on January 22.

“After the yesterdays update my Firefox nightly started to no longer work. Starting firefox.exe opens the UI but does neither allow to navigate to any URL nor does it allow to open internal pages like about:config or about:profile or similar,” the original reporter said.

Firefox 73.0.1 also introduces further fixes for a bug causing “loss of browser functionality in certain circumstances such as running in Windows compatibility mode or having custom anti-exploit settings,” Mozilla explains, while also resolving issues experienced on the RBC Royal Bank website and a problem causing Firefox to unexpectedly exit when leaving Print Preview mode.

The new version is now available for download on all supported platforms, so you can click this link to get Firefox 73.0.1 for Windows, Linux, and Mac.

Mozilla Firefox 73.0.1