Firefox 34 Brings Its Improved Search Bar, Firefox Hello

Written by Michael Larabel in Mozilla on 1 December 2014 at 12:14 PM EST. 27 Comments
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Firefox 34.0 is launching today with many changes.

First off, Firefox 34 is the release that switches to Yahoo as the default search engine for US users. This experience also comes with a new search bar experience. For Firefox users in other parts of the world, you may experience a new search provider too.

Firefox 34.0 also has the Firefox Hello real-time communication client, support for easily switching themes/personas in the customizing mode, support for HTTP/2 draft14 and ALPN, disables SSLv3, JavaScript improvements, and a ton of other features.

More details on the many Firefox 34 changes can be found via the release notes.
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