Firefox 159, released October 27, 2026, adds several convenience features and fixes across desktop platforms. On macOS, sharing now uses the system share picker, including page previews and recent contacts, and can share multiple tabs; apps that use the default browser for sign-in now open Firefox when it is set as default. Saved passwords appear in the sidebar by default. Smart Window can monitor pages for changes such as price drops or restocks and send desktop notifications, though availability is rolling out gradually. Users can search open tabs with Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+A, and the AI page-summary feature now sends the page address to the chatbot provider rather than truncated page text.
The update also resolves issues involving memory growth on minimized Zoom pages and Linux map views, video rendering with NVIDIA HDR, Chrome bookmark imports, file-upload folder selection, and tabs detaching under Wayland, among other fixes and security updates. For developers, the Web Console permits redeclaring let, const, and class variables, while web-platform additions include scroll-driven animations, scoped custom-element registries, new WebGL extensions, and changes to HTML sanitization. Firefox also improves display of web addresses in several writing systems. Windows 8.1 and earlier, and macOS 10.14 and earlier, are no longer supported by the standard release; users on those systems are directed to Firefox ESR.
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After two decades building WordPress sites, an agency owner no longer recommends it, citing risky plugin updates, weak isolation, slow performance, and platform governance concerns. The agency built Hatamoto as an alternative to address what it sees as WordPress’s shortcomings. (hatamoto.dev)
Discord will make public messages from Discoverable Servers easier to find through web searches, with Server Web Pages launching for all such servers starting November 16, 2026. Server admins and members can control whether and how their content is shared. (discord.com)
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Gmail emails reappear after deletion when the user refreshes Firefox. The issue has persisted for several weeks on two computers, including one without extensions. (news.ycombinator.com)
Denmark’s Ministry of Digitization ended a pilot replacing Microsoft Office with the open-source Collabora suite in less than six months. Employees cited problems with formatting and tracking changes, while critics said the ministry failed to evaluate or share lessons from the trial. (tomshardware.com)
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The Small Web refers to a broad collection of independent, personal websites outside major platforms. The linked video explores this part of the internet. (dn711504.ca.archive.org)
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