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Mozilla Firefox: 8.2 to 8.4

11 new settings, 3 changed since 8.2. 2 retained releases apart.

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14 settings · compared with 8.2
  • EnabledNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Content Analysis (DLP)\Interception Points\Clipboard Copy
  • Blocked widgetsNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Firefox Home\Widgets
  • Plain Text OnlyNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Content Analysis (DLP)\Interception Points\Clipboard Copy
  • WidgetsNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Firefox Home\Widgets
  • Plain Text Only
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Content Analysis (DLP)\Interception Points\Drag And Drop
    • The policy's own registry value Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\ContentAnalysis\InterceptionPoints\DragAndDrop\PlainText[removed: Enabled][added: Only]
    • Option removed [removed: PlainTextEnabled]
    • New option [added: PlainTextOnly]
  • Firefox Labs
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\User Messaging
    • Description [added: If this policy is disabled, the ]Firefox Labs[added: section will not be shown in preferences. If this policy is enabled or not configured, the Firefox Labs section will be shown in preferences.]
      Whole description, marked

      [added: If this policy is disabled, the ]Firefox Labs[added: section will not be shown in preferences. If this policy is enabled or not configured, the Firefox Labs section will be shown in preferences.]

    • Template definition changed; registry values, options and limits are the same.
  • Maximum connectionsNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Content Analysis (DLP)
  • Improve the Firefox Suggest experience (Deprecated)Deprecated
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Firefox Suggest (US only)
    • Renamed Improve the Firefox Suggest experience[added: (Deprecated)]
    • Description [added: This policy is deprecated. Use "Enable online suggestions" instead. If both are set, "Enable online suggestions" takes precedence. ]If this policy is enabled, you will help create a richer search …
      Whole description, marked

      [added: This policy is deprecated. Use "Enable online suggestions" instead. If both are set, "Enable online suggestions" takes precedence. ]If this policy is enabled, you will help create a richer search experience by allowing Mozilla to process your search queries. If this policy is disabled or not configured, you do not allow Mozilla to process your search queries.

  • Enable online suggestionsNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Firefox Suggest (US only)
  • Smart WindowNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Generative AI
  • Notification period (hours)New
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Required Relaunch After Update
  • Relaunch hourNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Required Relaunch After Update
  • Relaunch minuteNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Required Relaunch After Update
  • Default search engine for private browsingNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Search
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