Firefox is an open source web browser developed for different platforms, it is coordinated by Mozilla and the Mozilla Foundation.
Mozilla recently released the release of the new corrective version of Firefox 116.0.3, which was released mainly for the reason of getting to fix "some crashes" when sending requests to Google.
The problem reported with Google seems to only affect versions after Firefox 115, since Firefox 116 (the current stable version of Firefox 116) is the version where it was detected that the browser simply hangs instead of loading Google search. It is worth mentioning that Firefox builds 117 (test version) are also reported to have the same problem.
What's new in Firefox 116.0.3?
In the release of this corrective version of Firefox 116.0.3, as we already mentioned at the beginning, the main reason is because fixed a bug in the implementation of the HTTP/3 protocol that, under certain circumstances, caused the browser to freeze for 30-60 seconds after sending search requests to Google.
Potentially the problem it can manifest itself in other services that use HTTP/3. The error is due to a failure to retry the request from a different IP address after a failed attempt to establish an IPv6/IPv4 connection. The issue arose after the "network.http.http3.retry_ different_ip_family" setting was enabled in Firefox 116, which was disabled as a workaround in the 116.0.3 update.
Another of the problems that was solved is a error that occurred with screen sharing in protocol-based environments Wayland, this error occurred when trying to take a screenshot.
In addition to this, it is also mentioned thatFixed problems with file access in OPFS (Origin-Private FileSystem, isolated virtual file system per site) that were being cached when using older versions of Firefox. For example, the problem manifests itself in the online version of Adobe Photoshop, as the error prevented accessing old files or creating a new file. When doing that the browser was closed.
And also fixed a bug that caused the full screen notification to always appear and not disappear even after disabling it.
Finally if you are interested in knowing more about it of this new version of the browser, you can check the details In the following link.
How to install or update the new version of Firefox in Ubuntu and derivatives?
As always, for those who already use firefox, they can simply access the menu to update to the latest version, that is, Firefox users who have not disabled automatic updates will receive the update automatically.
While for those who do not want to wait for that to happen they can select Menu> Help> About Firefox after the official launch to initiate a manual update of the web browser.
The screen that opens displays the currently installed version of the web browser and runs a check for updates, provided the functionality is enabled.
Another option to update, is if you are a user of Ubuntu, Linux Mint or some other derivative of Ubuntu, you can install or update to this new version with the help of the browser's PPA.
This can be added to the system by opening a terminal and executing the following command in it:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-security/ppa -y sudo apt-get update sudo apt install firefox
The last installation method that was added “Flatpak”. To do this, they must have support for this type of packages and the browser installation is done by typing the following command in the terminal:
flatpak install flathub org.mozilla.firefox
As for those who already have the browser installed, it is enough to execute the following command to not only update Firefox, but also all its applications that are in Flatpak format:
flatpak update
In the case of those who prefer the use of Snap, the installation of the browser can be done by typing the following command:
sudo snap install firefox
And to update the applications that we have installed in Snap format, just type the following in the terminal:
sudo snap refresh