This week, Firefox has announced the
addition of a new feature when Mozilla updated their popular web browser to
version 38. Pocket,
a read-it-later service designed for saving text and video, will now be fully
integrated into Firefox that will help users save articles, videos, and
websites that they prefer to read or watch later all in one convenient place.
In addition to this update, Reader View now offers a distraction free reading
mode.
The Pocket button will be prominently featured
in Firefox’s user interface but if you don’t want to use the service it’s easy
to hide it. Totally disabling
it will be much harder though because it’s not an add-on.
Mozilla probably could have built this type of service for their browser from
scratch so why integrate with Pocket? The answer to that question has yet to be
found.
The new distraction free reading mode is a
welcome sight for Firefox users who like to avoid ads, menus, and other
distractions while reading on a website. There aren’t a lot of features with
this new reading mode but users can adjust text fonts and background colors now
thanks to the update.
Firefox Hello received a new feature during
the update as well. According to the Firefox blog post that announced the
update and new feature(s), “This new feature [Firefox Hello] allows the host to
share a browser tab or application window while in the video conversation.”
Firefox Developer Edition received some fresh new tools during the update too.
For more information about all the latest features in Firefox 38 here.
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