"The Firefox product announcement trumpets a "fresh new look and feel" for the New Tab page. As we've already lightly customized ours, we didn't see that, but you know how it is - this is the sort of thing marketing folks can understand and sound excited about. Apparently you can customize its wallpaper and add a "Recent Activity" feed, if that's what you want. (We've just added a few more rows of shortcuts to recent pages.)"
"A more useful function, especially if you don't trust Firefox Sync and you're thinking of changing to a new OS, is improved handling of Firefox Backup, the built-in tools for backing up and restoring your profile (or profiles, plural, for the truly hardcore). The page in the last link hasn't changed in the last three weeks, and it still says, "Note: Firefox Backup is currently only available to users on Windows 10 and 11. This feature may be extended to other platforms in future versions of Firefox.""
"Well, now it has: the release notes say it works on Linux now. We've also seen reports that it is now on macOS too, but not on our iMac (This could be because we've been using Firefox Sync since the late lamented Xmarks shut down). A key addition is that a profile backed up on one OS can now be restored on a different OS, which sounds like a significant improvement to us. This includes extensions and themes."
Firefox 151 is released with updates including a refreshed New Tab page experience and improved customization options such as wallpaper and a Recent Activity feed. The release also brings enhanced Firefox Backup capabilities. Firefox Backup previously worked only on Windows 10 and 11, but it now works on Linux, with reports of macOS support as well. A key improvement enables exporting a profile on one operating system and restoring it on another, including extensions and themes. This supports switching between Windows and Linux without relying on Firefox Sync. Thunderbird 151 is also released, though with fewer notable new features.
#firefox-151 #firefox-backup #cross-platform-profile-migration #new-tab-customization #thunderbird-151
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