Mozilla: More on Firefox 81, Security and UX
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Firefox 81 Arrives with New Theme, Media Controls, PDF Viewer + More
Mozilla Firefox 81 has been released and it features some genuinely useful improvements.
I know I probably say the same thing ever release, but last month’s Firefox 80 was a very low-key release for such a high-key milestone.
Thankfully Mozilla has delivered plenty to talk about in the latest update.
For instance, the famed open source web browser now lets you to pause/play audio and video in Firefox using keyboard shortcuts (physical ones), via MPRIS (e.g., sound menu), or using a connected headset (assuming it has player controls).
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Mozilla VR Blog: Your Security and Mozilla Hubs
Mozilla and the Hubs team takes internet security seriously. We do our best to follow best practices for web security and securing data. This post will provide an overview of how we secure access to your rooms and your data.
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When you deploy your own Hubs Cloud instance, you have full control over the instance and its data via AWS or DigitalOcean infrastructure--Mozilla simply provides the template and automatic updates. Therefore, you can integrate your own security measures and technology as you like. Everyone’s use case is different. Hubs cloud is an as-is product, and we’re unable to predict the performance as you make changes to the template.
Server access is limited by SSH and sometimes two-factor authentication. For additional security, you can set stack template rules to restrict which IP addresses can SSH into the server.
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Firefox UX: From a Feature to a Habit: Why are People Watching Videos in Picture-in-Picture?
At the end of 2019, if you were using Firefox to watch a video, you saw a new blue control with a simple label: “Picture-in-Picture.” Even after observing and carefully crafting the feature with feedback from in-progress versions of Firefox (Nightly and Beta), our Firefox team wasn’t really sure how people would react to it. So we were thrilled when we saw signals that the response was positive.
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