2023-08-29 19:09:20
Con Firefox 117 Available, the upcoming Firefox 118 web browser has entered public beta testing and it’s time to take an early look at its new features, enhancements, and other changes.
the long awaited automatic and integrated translation function for websites It didn’t show up in Firefox 117, as we expected, so it looks like it’s now delayed for a future release, hopefully in Firefox 118.
In fact, Firefox 118 comes with built-in translation functionality, which can be accessed via the “Translate Page” menu entry in the application menu. Clicking will open a pop-up dialog allowing you to choose the languages you want to translate from and into.
The new site translation feature comes with a settings panel where you can install more languages or remove the ones already installed. Of course, you can also set from which languages the automatic translation will be performed.
The translation function is based on the project Bergamot to provide users with a privacy-aware translation engine where translation is done locally using machine learning, is never sent to a third party, and is optimized for consumer hardware.
As of this writing, the translate feature is still considered a beta feature, so don’t be surprised if it doesn’t make it to the final release of Firefox 118. Let’s all test it thoroughly during these beta stages in the hopes that it will make it out of the release. beta sooner rather than later.
As with previous beta versions of Firefox, Firefox 118 beta also includes the cookie banner shrink feature, where Firefox automatically attempts to decline cookie requests in cookie banners on supported sites, as well as the actions feature shortcuts in the address bar to make certain tasks easier and faster. .
Last but not least, Linux users will be happy to know that the next version of Firefox 118 might include support for fractional scaling in Wayland . This feature tells Firefox what is the optimal fractional scaling to use with the existing fractional scaling settings for your Linux system. However, it is disabled by default and you must enable it using the “widget.wayland.fractional-scale.enabled” option in about:config.
For Android users, Firefox 118 promises support for printing page content from the browser or share menu, the ability to open pinned user shortcuts in an existing tab if it already has the same URL, as well as a new one. location to clear website data in the “Cookies and site data” menu item.
Among other changes, Firefox 118 switches to the FDLIBM math library for web audio on all supported systems to improve anonymity with Fingerprint Protection and restricts the visibility of website fonts to system fonts and fonts. language packs, thus mitigating the fingerprint of fonts in Private Browsing windows.
For web developers, Firefox 118 also appears to support 10 new CSS math functions, including round, mod, rem, pow, sqrt, hipot, log, exp, abs, and sign.
The final release of Firefox 118 is expected on September 26, 2023. Until then, you can try the latest beta version to discover the new features and changes by downloading it from the website official.
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