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hello :-) as usual the new librewolf release is on its way or already out, depending on your platform.

main changes:

• based on firefox 98.
• settings v6.0, which means:
  • OCSP is now enabled for cases in which CRL cannot check a certificate and we need a fallback. OCSP will be stapled and in hard-fail mode, so that privacy and security are as good as they can be.
    • as a nice side effect this fixed OCSP's UI.
  • force custom mode for history.
    • always on private browsing and other modes are also hidden in the UI as they provide no benefit.
• tracking protection UI is now also hidden as we decided to got for strict mode and nothing else. we noticed most users were flipping it as they wrongly assumed it caused breakage so we figured it was best to hide it to avoid confusion. a nice disclaimer was added instead.
• update uBO and its assets.
• windows portable can now be run everywhere and the folder where it resides can also be moved around.

the MR that updates the documentation is also done and waiting to be merged soon. I hope y'all stay safe during these difficult times in europe, enjoy the release.

hello everyone, new librewolf release on the way or already out, depending on your platform.

main changes:

• based on firefox 97.
• thanks to bsys5 it is now possible to build librewolf inside a docker container on all platforms and for all platforms. two of our core members have done a terrific job with this.
• the source repo has received some more love as we added and documented more stuff. building should be easier than ever.
• settings v5.5 which means:
  • history is no longer disabled but just cleared on close.
  • stripping of tracking elements from urls, both natively and by fetching and enabling an extra list in uBO when a new profile is created.
    • some of you might have noticed how this was introduced a release ago.
    • the uBO lists will not be changed for new profiles to avoid changing users settings.
  • TLS downgrades are now session-only.
  • for user convenience it is now possible to enable firefox sync in librewolf with one click.
  • the settings list has been reordered and some more documentation has been added.
• the about menu and the librewolf specific UI have received some minor cosmetic changes.

next step is probably updating the website to reflect the changes in this release.

as usual feedback is appreciated but do not get issue happy as we just closed 150+ old ones where users didn't provide details for, or where they simply didn't read the faq. joking, but not completely.

enjoy!

I'm currently working on re-evaluating our search engine selection (reading privacy policies and all that good stuff), to see what to keep, remove, maybe add. I figured I might use some input from lemmy.

• what do you use out of the ones we include? is anyone actually using search engines like qwant and metager?
• do you add any search engine to librewolf?

if you're curious bout my notes on this -> https://gitlab.com/librewolf-community/settings/-/issues/111