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Should the title have a (2017) at the end, since Quantum initially came out then[0,1]? (I understand it points to a current-version but it seems like, from the comments, it's being mistaken for having recently been released.)

[0] - https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/09/26/firefox-quantum-bet...

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_version_history#Firefo...

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No, i'm using the developer edition and got the update only this morning. But I don't know if something have changed...

The Quantum version of Firefox (and Firefox Developer) did not come out this morning. You likely just got a routine build update.

It bumped up from 69 to 70 this morning, a "major" update so much as browsers have those anymore. But it's not clear what's actually new in this.

Here's what they listed for 70.0a1 back in July, but the release notes link for today's update is a dead end.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/70.0a1/releasenotes/

Dev edtition gets the last nightly build two weeks before the same release hits Beta channel.

One of the main changes for me as a Mac user is this: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1429522#c32

Does this mean Firefox won't always be the "apps using significant energy" list?

Maybe. This was but one improvement in a backlog.

Web browsers are basically the new higher-level operating system. They likely should be using more energy than anything else considering how much we run in them.

Ooh, that's a very nice change. I've stubbornly stuck to Safari on my laptop because of its low power usage.

Now I'd be losing the tabs/bookmarks integration with iOS's unchangeable default browser, but that's not as big a deal to me.

Today updated to 70.b1, according to the About Firefox Developer Edition window.

It has a "What's new" link next to the version number, but it links to a 404: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/70.0beta/releasenotes

EDIT - I put in a bug report on the release notes link, response says that release notes will come out next week

Hi there. You can also refer to the 70 nightly notes at https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/70.0a1/releasenotes/ for now.

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