Firefox 90 arrives removing support for FTP and other security improvements and WebRender

Six weeks ago, Mozilla He launched the v89 of your web browser with a makeover that many liked and disappointed others. Today, although in the Linux blogosphere it was announced yesterday, the company famous for developing the fox browser has launched Firefox 90, a much less flashy delivery. The official launch, with the list of news already published, took place a few minutes ago, but it has been available on the Mozilla server since yesterday afternoon and as an update on the Beta channel since the weekend.

Among the novelties that Firefox 90 includes, perhaps something stands out that have removed, as is the support for FTP. They have done it to improve security, and in this aspect they have also added other improvements. Below you have the list of news that have arrived with Firefox 90, although we advance that the launch is not as exciting as one would expect after a change of ten in the numbering.

What's new in Firefox 90

• On Windows, updates can now be applied in the background while Firefox is not running.
• Firefox for Windows now offers a new page about: third-party to help identify compatibility issues caused by third-party applications.
• Exceptions to HTTPS-Only mode can be handled in about: preferences # privacy.
• Printing to PDF now produces hyperlinks that work.
• Version 2 of Firefox's SmartBlock feature further enhances private browsing. Third-party Facebook scripts are blocked to prevent them from tracking us, but are now automatically loaded "just in time" if we choose to "Login with Facebook" on any website.
• The context menu item "Open image in new tab" now opens images and media in a background tab by default.
• Most users who do not have hardware accelerated WebRender will now use software WebRender.
• Improved WebRender performance by software.
• Support for FTP has been removed

Firefox 90 has been officially launched, so that users of all supported systems can now download it from the official website. From there, Linux users can download the self-updating binaries, and later on they will also update the versions of Flathub, Snapcraft and the official repositories of the different Linux distributions.