Firefox 108 arrives with support for WebMIDI and better handling of non-ASCII characters

Four weeks after 107th version, Mozilla has just announced the release of Firefox 108, or more specifically posted what's new in this update. And it is that, although it is now official, Firefox 108 can be downloaded for a couple of days. The difference is that before you had to do it from the project server, and what was there could still receive some modification (although it is not probable), while now it is already available from the official website.

Firefox 108 is not one of those versions that introduce flashy changes either, among which the tweaks to the interface most often stand out. With this new version, what we will get is a browser that is more compatible with some things, such as that it now supports the WebMIDI API and better handles non-ASCII characters. What you have next is the News list official just released by Mozilla.

What's new in Firefox 108

• Import maps, which allow web pages to control the behavior of JavaScript imports, are now enabled by default.
• Processes used for background tabs now use efficiency mode in Windows 11 to limit resource usage.
• The shift+esc keyboard shortcut now opens the Process Manager, offering a way to quickly identify processes that are using too many resources.
• Frame scheduling under load has been improved; this substantially improves Firefox's MotionMark scores.
• Firefox now supports correct color correction for images tagged with ICCv4 profiles.
• Support for non-English characters when saving and printing PDF forms.
• The default state of the bookmarks bar “Show only in new tab” works correctly for new blank tabs. As before, the behavior of the bookmarks bar can be changed via the context menu of the toolbar.
• Firefox now supports the WebMIDI API and a new experimental mechanism to control access to dangerous features.
• Various security fixes.

As we have just explained, Firefox 108 can now be downloaded since official website, but Linux users will still have to wait a little longer until our distribution uploads the new packages. We remember that what is by default in Ubuntu is the snap package.