Description
Nearly every mainstream browser now sits on the same engine, which means whoever changes the rules gets followed. Firefox is one of the few still shipping its own, and that alone matters.
Day to day, the clearest difference is that cross-site trackers are blocked out of the box — no extension, no rule list, just install and go — with a weekly report telling you how many tracking scripts and fingerprinting attempts were stopped. It is maintained by the non-profit Mozilla Foundation, so product decisions do not start with ad revenue. Recent versions added vertical tabs and tab groups, which keeps forty open tabs readable.
Enhanced Tracking Protection: Cross-site trackers, social pixels and fingerprinting scripts are blocked by default, with a weekly summary of what was stopped.
Its own Gecko engine: Not a Chromium reskin — the one mainstream browser keeping engine diversity alive so web standards are not set by a single vendor.
Vertical tabs and tab groups: Move the tab strip to the side and collapse tabs into named groups; dozens of tabs stay navigable.
Account sync: Bookmarks, passwords, history and open tabs move between devices, encrypted end to end.
A full extension catalogue: Userscript managers, ad blockers and password tools all ship Firefox builds, and container tabs remain unique to it.
Day to day, the clearest difference is that cross-site trackers are blocked out of the box — no extension, no rule list, just install and go — with a weekly report telling you how many tracking scripts and fingerprinting attempts were stopped. It is maintained by the non-profit Mozilla Foundation, so product decisions do not start with ad revenue. Recent versions added vertical tabs and tab groups, which keeps forty open tabs readable.
Features
Enhanced Tracking Protection: Cross-site trackers, social pixels and fingerprinting scripts are blocked by default, with a weekly summary of what was stopped.
Its own Gecko engine: Not a Chromium reskin — the one mainstream browser keeping engine diversity alive so web standards are not set by a single vendor.
Vertical tabs and tab groups: Move the tab strip to the side and collapse tabs into named groups; dozens of tabs stay navigable.
Account sync: Bookmarks, passwords, history and open tabs move between devices, encrypted end to end.
A full extension catalogue: Userscript managers, ad blockers and password tools all ship Firefox builds, and container tabs remain unique to it.
