Mozilla rolls out Firefox 140 with ESR status and fresh features

The latest Mozilla Firefox is trickling out – and it's an Extended Support Release (ESR).

Mozilla Firefox 140 is due today, and at the time of writing you can download it from Mozilla's FTP server. Right now, only the beta release notes are available. The "what's new for developers" page has already been updated, though.

There are some handy fresh features in this version. You can right-click on a tab and unload it, meaning that its contents are cleared from memory, to be reloaded the next time you switch to it. And if you use vertical tabs, you can resize the pinned-tabs area at the top of the tab bar, which could be handy. You can optionally hide the extensions button from the toolbar.

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