Firefox 123 is out with broken site reporting tool

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Mozilla Firefox 123.0 is the new Stable version of the open source web browser. The official release date is February 20, 2024. Mozilla releases Firefox 115.9 ESR on the same day.

Firefox 123 includes just a few changes and features. The major feature in the release is a new tool to report broken websites directly to Mozilla.

All development builds of Firefox are updated around the same time as well. Firefox Beta and Development builds move to version 124 and Firefox Nightly makes the jump to version 125. Firefox for Android follows the versioning scheme of the Stable desktop version; it too gets the update to version 123.0.

I have installed Firefox 123.0 on a test system to review all of its changes and features.

Executive Summary

• Mozilla introduces a new website compatibility report tool in Firefox that Firefox users may use to report broken sites to the organization.
  
• Tooltips and form controls text is now also translated by Firefox's integrated translation feature.
  
• Firefox View information may now be searched.
  
• Known Issue: Firefox on machines with older AMD processors may render thumbnails as "all black" in file dialogs. Mozilla suggests updating the graphics driver to address the issue.
  

Firefox 123.0 download and update



Most Firefox installations receive updates automatically thanks to the built-in updating.

Note: our review is published before the official release. The updates will become later on the day of publication.

Firefox users who do not want to wait for the update to roll out to their system may speed up the installation. This is done through manual update checks.

Select Firefox Menu > Help > About Firefox to run a manual update check. Firefox should pick up the update and install it on the device.

Here are the official download locations:

• Firefox Stable download
  
• Firefox Beta download
  
• Nightly download
  
• Firefox ESR download
  
• Firefox for Android on Google Play
  

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