Best of Firefox — May 2025

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   Awesome·50w

   Firefox is in big trouble...

   Firefox faces an existential crisis as 85% of Mozilla's revenue comes from Google's payments to be the default search engine. The US government's antitrust case against Google's search monopoly could eliminate these payments, potentially forcing Mozilla to make severe cuts and threatening the survival of Gecko, the last independent browser engine not controlled by Google or Apple. This creates an ironic situation where antitrust efforts meant to increase competition might actually reduce it by eliminating the only major alternative to Google's Chromium and Apple's WebKit engines.

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   Mozilla·51w

   A smarter, simpler Firefox address bar

   Firefox's upgraded address bar enhances user control, speed, and ease of use. It allows personalized searching with preferred engines, keeps search queries visible for easier multitasking, and lets users search tabs, bookmarks, and history using keywords. The new design supports seamless command execution directly from the address bar, offers contextual search suggestions, and provides clearer security cues, all within Firefox version 138.

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   Community Picks·52w

   The Zen Browser Experience

   Zen browser offers a resource-efficient, highly customizable browsing experience with vertical tabs and Firefox-based features. It provides unique workspace options and supports Firefox extensions, making it a viable alternative to Chrome. The browser emphasizes a calmer internet experience and delivers useful productivity features like keyboard shortcuts and customizable settings.

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