Use the best new features in Firefox 100
After the underwhelming arrival of Chrome 100 in March, which didn’t include much of interest, we’re pleased that Mozilla has made more effort with Firefox 100. Released on 3 May, the centenary version of the browser adds several useful features, and thanks its loyal users for helping it build a “better, healthier internet”.
Notable additions include support for closed captions when you view videos in Firefox’s Picture-in-picture (PIP) mode. Turn on subtitles/captions for a video on Youtube, Netflix or Amazon Prime Video, and when you click the ‘Watch in Picture-in-picture’ button to pull out the video into a floating player window, they will be displayed in the same way as in the standard video player.
Another handy new option lets you customise the appearance of websites to suit your visual preference, rather than just applying a theme to the browser’s menus and toolbars. Click the three-line menu button and choose Settings, then General. In the ‘Language and Appearance’ section, choose the colour scheme you want to use, such as your default Firefox theme (see screenshot below), your system theme or a light or dark one. You can browse the full selection of Firefox themes by typing about:addons, or by pressing Ctrl+shift+a to open the Add-ons Manager. Note that not all websites let you change their background and content colour.
Finally, Firefox 100 will now automatically save and fill in UK credit and debit card numbers to save you having to type the whole thing when you buy something online, though for security reasons, you’ll still need to enter your card’s three-digit CVV number. To disable this feature, go to Settings, then Privacy & Security and untick the option ‘Auto-fill credit cards’. login, such as when you created the password, the answers you provided to security questions, whether the site uses two-factor authentication and other details that may help you access your account.
As is often the case with Chrome, the new option is currently a hidden ‘flag’ that you’ll need to activate manually. Type chrome://flags into the address bar and press Enter to load Chrome’s Experiments page. Search for the entry Password notes in settings, select Enabled in the dropdown menu and relaunch the browser.
To add a note, open Chrome’s password manager at chrome://settings/passwords, click the three-dot ‘More actions’ icon next to a password and select ‘Edit password’. Type the information you want to store for that login in the Note box (see screenshot above) and click Save.