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Mozilla speeds Firefox release schedule to biweekly

By ckasprzak | TkOut | July 18, 2026 | Browsers, Software
The Hot Take: Well now, lets see if they get back into a competitive place where they better compete and pull more people.

Firefox releases will soon get even closer together – but not ESR ones, which remain annual, with the next one due out soon. The change was announced last week on the dev-platform@mozilla.org mailing list by Mozilla’s director of engineering Sylvestre Ledru: “We are planning to move Firefox Desktop and Android from a 4-week release cadence to a 2-week release cadence starting in September 2026. “This will be an experiment… This does not mean that all work needs to ship twice as fast. Work that is not ready should not be rushed, and features…

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Mozilla Accuses Microsoft of Sabotaging Firefox With Windows and Copilot Tactics

By ckasprzak | TkOut | April 12, 2026 | Browsers, Mozilla, Software
The Hot Take: Of course because the only browser is Edge, M$ doesn't recognize anything else.

BrianFagioli writes: Mozilla is accusing Microsoft of stacking the deck against Firefox, arguing that design choices in Windows steer users toward Edge even when they explicitly choose another browser. According to Mozilla, parts of Windows still open links in Edge regardless of the default browser setting, including results from the taskbar search and links launched from apps like Outlook and Teams. Mozilla says this means Firefox often never even gets the opportunity to handle those links, which quietly shifts user activity back into…

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