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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    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      1 year ago

      If 250 MB of ram is an issue then you probably aren’t doing much modern web browsing. I have what I’d think are basic pages that are using 200MB of ram. Same if you don’t have the 300mb of free space, god have mercy on your soul if you’ve got less than a gig free.

      The amount of ram this feature takes up is negligible compared the the bloat of modern webpages. Plus I’m sure there’s an about:config setting to disable it if you want to go crazy.

    • 1984@lemmy.today
      8·
      1 year ago

      Please download that version and run it.

      You will come screaming back for modern versions.

        • stephenc@lemmy.world
          6·
          1 year ago

          It was fast and light because it didn’t have to do what is required of modern HTML. Times change, things evolve, and systems become more capable of running them.

            • stephenc@lemmy.world
              1·
              1 year ago

              You need to look up the capabilities of modern HTML/JS/CSS. Hell, trying to run old browsers now breaks a huge number of sites that rely on modern browsers to do very simple things and do them effectively. Also, you know, using accelerated graphics to render things makes things a ton faster and smoother than the old days.

              You’re caught up in the “older is better” mentality without any justification as to why certain older things are better. Some things have evolved and rightfully so, like browsers.

        • 1984@lemmy.today
          3·
          1 year ago

          I mean sure, it ran fast but the reason is that it couldn’t do what today’s browsers can. Software today is enormous though. But it runs in 4k at 144Hz, so it’s hard to compare.

    • Harvey656@lemmy.world
      5·
      1 year ago

      While I agree, I think there’s a pretty large community (like myself) who will use this regularly.

      Though I’m unsure of the statistics on how many would use it. If it’s under 50% for sure should have been an extension.