That didn’t last long though, as reports soon spread on tech media that Firefox was now showing ads in the address bar, something only obliquely mentioned in the release notes. Since then, Support Mozilla has posted a note saying that they “haven’t quite hit” their mark, and that they are working to address it. Heres an overview of the available keyboard shortcuts and their default keyboard combinations.
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How did this happen? Grab a cup of your favorite beverage, as I try to explain. A revision is posted to Support Mozilla clarifying how to see if users are opted-in to improved results for Contextual Suggestions.The Verge posts an article. The good news is that it isn’t as bad as it seems.Aug 2, 2021: Mozilla posts a video referencing upcoming features to “help Firefox users to get the best out of the web”.September 7, 2021: Users begin to notice “Firefox Suggest” in their address bar with the release of Firefox 92.No mention of Firefox Suggest or the labeling change appear in the release notes.Mozilla announces Firefox Suggest in a blog post.Fast Company posts an article profiling Firefox Suggest: Firefox’s new feature is part of an ambitious plan to change how we search.October 5, 2021: Firefox 93 is released. The People view is your address book in Outlook where your personal contacts are stored and where you can open any address book that has been set up for your organization.However, a change to the default configuration of a relatively new feature may cha. Firefox Suggest is mentioned in the release notes, as the last “new” item as a “a faster way to navigate the web”. Mozilla’s Firefox is generally considered a safe, privacy-centric browser. The notes link to a support article to learn more. A revision is posted to Support Mozilla clarifying how to see if users are opted-in to “improved results for Contextual Suggestions”.The Verge posts an article saying that Firefox’s address bar has ads now, but you can disable them.ladyaeva’s post gets shared to Hacker News.ladyaeva posts on Twitter that “ looks like firefox quietly added ads into the address bar.”. So far I have not seen anything that resembles and ad, the suggestions offered are related to what I type.
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How-To Geek (incorrectly) reports that Firefox now sends your address bar keystrokes to Mozilla.The change was accompanied by a comment marking the revised update due to a “PR incident”. To power Firefox Suggest, Firefox sends the keystrokes you type into your address bar, your location information, and more to Mozillas servers.
Firefox Now Sends Your Address Bar Keystrokes to Mozilla. To power Firefox Suggest, Firefox sends the keystrokes you type into your address bar, your location information, and more to Mozilla's servers.
October 9, 2021: Known tech blogger Paul Thurrott asks if Mozilla Firefox is getting sketchy.Jefferson Scher posts a clarification on reddit that address bar queries are not sent to Mozilla, with a link to the Firefox source. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. An anonymous reader quotes a report from How-To Geek: Firefox now sends more data than you might think to Mozilla.
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