All Firefox editions are now released as universal binaries, offering improved performance on the new devices, which until now relied on Rosetta 2 emulation. What's new?įor M1 Mac users, the biggest recent news is native support for Apple Silicon processors. Other than Safari, it is the only major browser not to be powered by Chromium, relying on the in-house Gecko engine ever since its inception.
Seemingly doomed to never be the top dog, Firefox is nevertheless an impressive browser, and its commitment to transparency and user privacy makes it a sound choice. It also supports transparency and other advanced features.īy far the most popular open-source browser, Firefox has attempted, since it was first developed, to counter the dominance of Internet Explorer, then Chrome, and now the multitude of Chromium-based browsers as well. It offers significant bandwidth savings for sites compared to existing image formats.
