Firefox 149 Available with XDG Portal File Picker, Rust-Based JPEG-XL Decoder
5 hours ago
- #Software Update
- #Browser
- #Firefox
- Firefox 149.0 released with various improvements.
- Includes Rust-based JPEG-XL decoder (jxl-rs) replacing C++ decoder.
- Faster PDF handling and support for downloading images from PDFs via context menu.
- Improved HTTP/3 upload performance robustness.
- Linux version defaults to XDG portal file picker with GTK3 fallback.
- Updated error page visuals and new developer APIs.
- Free built-in VPN with 50GB monthly data allowance.
- Developer changes detailed on developer.mozilla.org.
- Release binaries available at ftp.mozilla.org.