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!

  • Adda
    5·
    3 years ago

    Great job. Thank you. Also, I love how this community is coming to life nicely.

    for user convenience it is now possible to enable firefox sync in librewolf with one click.

    I presume this has something (or rather everything) to do with the recent discussion in a post about Firefox Sync being disabled by default, am I right? You work quickly ;)

    • Krusty
      1·
      3 years ago

      That’s cool! Btw I don’t think I can’t find it(?) Where is the option?

        • Krusty
          1·
          3 years ago

          Ah ok, thanks. I thought that was something in normal settings

          • Adda
            2·
            3 years ago

            Oh, actually, yeah. It should be now possible since the 97 update of LibreWolf. The option should do exactly what I have described above, but it should be accessible through about:preferences#librewolf, i.e., normal settings for about:config changes, I presume. However, I cannot see the option there to change this specific option. Interesting. Maybe I got something wrong.

              • fishonthenetOPM
                2·
                3 years ago

                sorry guys my wording was a bit misleading. the one click I mentioned is the one in about:config, I mentioned it because before one would need to edit policies or use overrides which was rather annoying.