{"id":178469,"date":"2025-07-21T08:45:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T08:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/?p=178469"},"modified":"2025-07-22T14:47:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T14:47:07","slug":"firefox-141-now-available-for-download","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/firefox-141-now-available-for-download\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox 141 Now Available for Download, Here\u2019s What\u2019s New"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Almost a month after releasing <a href=\"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/firefox-140-now-available-for-download\/\">version 140<\/a>, Mozilla has launched Firefox 141, the latest update to its popular open-source web browser, now available for download.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The headline feature in this update is a new local AI-powered tab organizer. Now, Firefox can automatically group similar tabs together and even suggest group names, all thanks to a lightweight AI model that runs entirely on your device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That means your browsing data stays private\u2014nothing gets sent to the cloud. Mozilla says this \u201cSmart Tabs\u201d feature is rolling out progressively, so users may see it appear over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to smarter tab management, Firefox 141 also brings a handy improvement for fans of <a href=\"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/vertical-tabs-and-tab-grouping-are-coming-to-firefox\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"117992\">vertical tabs<\/a>. Users can now resize the tools area at the bottom of the sidebar by simply dragging the divider line, allowing them to show more tabs and tuck away rarely used tools into an overflow menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Linux users, the browser now uses less memory, which is a win on systems where every megabyte counts. Even better, if your package manager applies an update, you won\u2019t need to force-restart Firefox anymore\u2014it\u2019ll handle the update seamlessly in the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, if you\u2019re browsing in Valencian, Firefox now includes a built-in dictionary for the spellchecker, so you won\u2019t have to add one manually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the aesthetics side, Windows 11 users will notice that Firefox\u2019s window controls\u2014minimize, maximize, and close buttons\u2014now use the system\u2019s default font icons instead of custom ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the biggest under-the-hood upgrades is the <a href=\"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/webgpu-lands-in-firefox-141-on-windows-eyes-linux-and-macos-next\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"177809\">enabled-by-default WebGPU API on Windows<\/a>, bringing high-performance graphics and compute capabilities to the browser. This is a big deal for web-based gaming, creative tools, and other GPU-heavy applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early testers report smoother frame times compared to WebGL and faster compute workloads, while Mozilla says Linux and macOS support are on deck once test coverage reaches parity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/firefox141-app.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"657\" src=\"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/firefox141-app-1024x657.jpg\" alt=\"Mozilla Firefox 141 Web Browser\" class=\"wp-image-178487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/firefox141-app-1024x657.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/firefox141-app-380x244.jpg 380w, https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/firefox141-app-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/firefox141-app-1536x986.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/firefox141-app.jpg 1705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mozilla Firefox 141 Web Browser<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For web developers, Firefox 141 packs several useful updates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Better cache control<\/strong>: The browser now clears the back\/forward cache when receiving a <code>Clear-Site-Data: \"cache\"<\/code> header, giving devs more precise control over cached content.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>More dialog control<\/strong>: The new <code>closedby<\/code> attribute (and related <code>closedBy<\/code> property) lets developers track how a <code>&lt;dialog&gt;<\/code> element was dismissed\u2014whether by ESC key, form submission, or another method.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Popover API enhancements<\/strong>: <code>showPopover()<\/code> and <code>togglePopover()<\/code> now accept an <code>options.source<\/code> argument to reference the invoker, while <code>togglePopover()<\/code> also gets a <code>force<\/code> option to explicitly set a popover\u2019s state.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>CHIPS is back<\/strong>: Cookies Having Independent Partitioned State (CHIPS) is re-enabled, allowing partitioned cookie storage per top-level site\u2014a win for privacy-focused development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Those eager to immediately download the latest version of Firefox can do so directly from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ftp.mozilla.org\/pub\/firefox\/releases\/141.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mozilla\u2019s server<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Windows and macOS users can expect an over-the-air update within the next day. Users of&nbsp;rolling-release Linux distributions should look for Firefox 140 as an update in their repositories over the next few days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firefox 141 open-source web browser enables WebGPU on Windows, reduces memory usage on Linux, and skips forced restarts after updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":178472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[3636,2051],"class_list":["post-178469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","category-news","tag-browsers","tag-firefox"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}