Performance improvements on all desktop systems.
Mozilla notes that it has updated descriptions to make it clearer how settings affect browsing. Basically, what the redesign means is that you do less clicking but more scrolling to go through all of the preferences. We talked about the change back in early 2017 when it rolled out to Nightly versions. Firefox account: about:preferences#sync.Privacy & Security: about:preferences#privacy.You may load them using the following addresses: The preferences display four entry points instead of the larger number of pages in Firefox 56.0. Type cookies for instance, and you get all cookies related preferences displayed to you so that you may interact with them directly. One major change is the integration of a search field that you may use to find preferences quickly. You can load about:preferences to open the starting page of the Firefox options, or click on Menu and select Options from it to do the same. Firefox 56.0 ships with a redesigned preferences interface that introduces new features and changes to it.