
In addition, before July 2021, Microsoft prevented browsers using an independent engine from appearing in the Microsoft Store. "Previously, if you were on Windows and wanted to use Firefox, you had to download it from the internet and go through a clunky process from Microsoft," said Mozilla in a statement. However, the two companies seem to have buried the hatchet with this latest move. Mozilla has played a sort of cat and mouse game with Microsoft in the past, particularly when it comes to default browser shenanigans in Windows 11. Updating will be handled by the browser’s built-in update feature.Mozilla's Firefox browser just achieved a milestone today: It became the first "major" web browser to make its way to the Microsoft Store (opens in new tab) for both the Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems. If everything is set up correctly you’ll have a standalone version of Firefox Stable in your user account. MimeType=text/html text/xml application/xhtml+xml application/xml application/+xml application/rss+xml application/rdf+xml image/gif image/jpeg image/png x-scheme-handler/http x-scheme-handler/https Įxec=/home/REPLACE-WITH-YOUR-USERNAME/Applications/firefox/firefox %u -private-window %uįsktop Using Firefox Stable Icon=/home/REPLACE-WITH-YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-DESIRED-FOLDER/firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png ~/.local/share/applications/ sktop Įxec=/home/REPLACE-WITH-YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-DESIRED-FOLDER/firefox/firefox %u Tip: the shortcut “Ctrl H” will expose hidden files in Nemo and most other file managers. ~ represents the current user folder location. Finally, we’ll create the desktop shortcut that will appear in our Start menu.
