When you first launch Firefox now, a message on the new tab page will inform you what tiles are (with a link to a support page about how sponsored tiles work), promise that the feature abides by the Mozilla Privacy Policy, and remind you that you can simply turn tiles off.

Previously, Firefox’s new tab page would remain empty until you established a browsing history. Indeed, the company says users have been asking for the option out-of-the-box (just like any other major browser, Firefox lets you add search engines yourself).Īfter experimenting with adding ads to Firefox Nightly in late August, Mozilla is now ready to start pushing its sponsored directory tiles to all Firefox users. This makes it a perfect match for Mozilla’s browser. Mozilla tells VentureBeat that DuckDuckGo works just like all the other search engines the company includes in its browser there are no additional or missing features.ĭuckDuckGo has a reputation for protecting searchers’ privacy as it doesn’t track your queries. Next up, Firefox has added DuckDuckGo as a new search option.

You now have a clean slate and can continue your browsing it’s like the previous events never happened. Pressing the button will offer a drop down menu where you can select to forget the last five minutes, two hours, or 24 hours (there’s no custom option, as Mozilla says it wants the experience to be quick). It has a slightly different use case: If you’re using a shared computer and find yourself on a site you didn’t want to open, you can hit the button to let Firefox know that you want to forget the most recent browsing history.

Mozilla pitches the Forget button as a complement to its private browsing mode, giving users more control over how history is recorded.

Firefox search with duckduckgo