Recently, Adobe said that it would start blocking Flash content from running starting January 12, 2021. Notably, the Firefox 84 is also the final release to support Adobe Flash. Besides, “Firefox now uses more modern techniques for allocating shared memory on Linux, improving performance and increasing compatibility with Docker,' the company added. Mozilla says that it would ship an accelerated rendering pipeline for Linux/GNOME/X11 users for the first time ever. The WebRender engine aims to make rendering of web pages both faster and smoother without hampering graphics. The company in a blog post further said that the Mozilla Firefox v84 brings WebRender for Apple Macs running macOS Big Sur and Windows devices with Intel Gen 6 GPUs as well as Intel laptops running Windows 7 and 8. The latest Firefox iteration v84 is now available to users globally.

The development essentially means that users with new M1-powered Apple MacBook Air 13, Apple MacBook Pro 13, and Apple Mac mini can now enjoy the optimised version for the browser that is said to run faster in comparison to the previous generation that ran through the Rosetta emulation mode. The Mozilla Firefox is rolling out a new update that brings its native support for Apple Macs running M1 processor.

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