Last Tuesday, September 22, Mozilla He launched the 81st version of your web browser. It came with interesting news, among which I would highlight, for worse, its theme Alpenglow. And don't get me wrong: it's not that I don't like the new theme, but rather that I prefer its "dark" version (purple), but an unsolved bug reported 5 months ago makes it unusable on Linux. Still can't be used in Firefox 81.0.1, the version that they released a few moments ago.
Being a maintenance update, it's no surprise that it arrived without making a lot of noise. In fact, that is the norm. Firefox 81.0.1 has arrived for fix a total of 6 bugs, as we can read in the release note. In addition, they have added a seventh point in which they mention three more bugs, all three to improve the stability of the browser. Below you have the list of news that Firefox 81.0.1 has introduced.
What's new in Firefox 81.0.1
- Fixed missing content in Blackboard course listings.
- Fixed incorrect scaling of Flash content on macOS HiDPI systems.
- Fixed legacy preferences not being applied correctly when configured via GPO.
- Fixes for various printing problems.
- Fixed Picture-in-Picture (PiP) controls being visible on audio-only page elements.
- Fixed high memory growth with installed plugins like Disconnect causing browser responsiveness issues over time.
Firefox 81.0.1 It is now available for download from the official website of the project, which you can access from this link. As always, remember that what Windows and macOS users will download from there will be an installer, while Linux users will download the binaries. In all cases, Firefox will update from the same app. Users who are using the version of the official repositories of our distribution will have to wait a few days for the new packages to appear as an update.