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Firefox 118 Is Now Available for Download with Built-In Translation for Websites (iusearchlinux.fyi)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The Mozilla Firefox 118 web browser is now available for download ahead of its official release on September 26th, when it will be rolling out to various of the supported platforms.

I consider Firefox 118 a major release because it finally brings the built-in translation feature for websites. Previously planned for Firefox 117, the new translation feature will let you automatically translate websites from one of the supported languages to another.

The translation feature can be accessed from a new “Translate page” menu entry in the application menu (the hamburger menu on the far right side of the window). When clicked, a pop-up dialog will open in place to let you choose the languages you want to translate from and to.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Translation is really cool. It's rare we get new features these days, mostly it's just better and better tracking protection which is nice also, but this feels very fresh.

Just keep doing things Google will never do, and show why it's better for the user.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just keep doing things Google will never do, and show why it’s better for the user.

I get that but Google has had built-in translation for years! There are other features that Chrome and Chromium-based browsers have that Firefox still doesn't including, some sort of implementation of tab groups, easy profile switching, having multiple open simultaneously with only one copy of Firefox (you don't need multiple copies of Chrome to have multiple profiles).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They dont have local translation, it requires sending data to Google.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

You should edit the comment to mention that. I just thought you meant translation. While its cool its wouldn't be beneficial except for users or in situations with unstable wifi or times when you have no internet but have pages load.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Floorp has those features and I've been thinking about switching for a while.