**Gasp** Posted Aug 18, 2026 22:16 UTC (Tue) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630) [Link] (2 responses) From the release notes: Performing a hard reload on a page (holding Shift while clicking the Refresh button) now also clears and updates its cached favicons. I've wanted a way to update cached favicons forever. And now it seems we have it. **Gasp** Posted Aug 25, 2026 13:41 UTC (Tue) by turistu (guest, #164830) [Link] (1 responses) If they only added a way to stop animated favicons, that would be even better **Gasp** Posted Aug 25, 2026 14:15 UTC (Tue) by zdzichu (subscriber, #17118) [Link] This would break my usecase of playing Doom in a favicon! https://github.com/VidFerris/FaviconDoom 2 week release schedule Posted Aug 19, 2026 12:43 UTC (Wed) by jbicha (subscriber, #75043) [Link] (2 responses) Firefox's next "major" (?) release is 2 weeks away as Firefox and Chrome switch to 2 week release cycles in September. Even Firefox ESR will get new security updates on the same schedule. 2 week release schedule Posted Aug 19, 2026 17:54 UTC (Wed) by fraetor (subscriber, #161147) [Link] (1 responses) Blimey, that'll keep people on their toes. Keeping track of feature releases that frequent might be a bit overwhelming, though I can see the benefit in getting fixes out faster. I know I've struggled to keep track of VSCode changes since they moved to weekly releases. I wonder if we need blog posts seperate from the release cycle to round up the new features in the last month or so. 2 week release schedule Posted Aug 20, 2026 9:33 UTC (Thu) by gray_-_wolf (subscriber, #131074) [Link] > though I can see the benefit in getting fixes out faster I am not sure 2 week release cadence for major versions is required for that. Firefox does patch releases with fixes both on the main channel and on the ESR one already.
Posted Aug 18, 2026 22:16 UTC (Tue) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630) [Link] (2 responses)
From the release notes:
Performing a hard reload on a page (holding Shift while clicking the Refresh button) now also clears and updates its cached favicons.
I've wanted a way to update cached favicons forever. And now it seems we have it.
**Gasp** Posted Aug 25, 2026 13:41 UTC (Tue) by turistu (guest, #164830) [Link] (1 responses) If they only added a way to stop animated favicons, that would be even better **Gasp** Posted Aug 25, 2026 14:15 UTC (Tue) by zdzichu (subscriber, #17118) [Link] This would break my usecase of playing Doom in a favicon! https://github.com/VidFerris/FaviconDoom
Posted Aug 25, 2026 13:41 UTC (Tue) by turistu (guest, #164830) [Link] (1 responses)
If they only added a way to stop animated favicons, that would be even better
**Gasp** Posted Aug 25, 2026 14:15 UTC (Tue) by zdzichu (subscriber, #17118) [Link] This would break my usecase of playing Doom in a favicon! https://github.com/VidFerris/FaviconDoom
Posted Aug 25, 2026 14:15 UTC (Tue) by zdzichu (subscriber, #17118) [Link]
Posted Aug 19, 2026 12:43 UTC (Wed) by jbicha (subscriber, #75043) [Link] (2 responses)
2 week release schedule Posted Aug 19, 2026 17:54 UTC (Wed) by fraetor (subscriber, #161147) [Link] (1 responses) Blimey, that'll keep people on their toes. Keeping track of feature releases that frequent might be a bit overwhelming, though I can see the benefit in getting fixes out faster. I know I've struggled to keep track of VSCode changes since they moved to weekly releases. I wonder if we need blog posts seperate from the release cycle to round up the new features in the last month or so. 2 week release schedule Posted Aug 20, 2026 9:33 UTC (Thu) by gray_-_wolf (subscriber, #131074) [Link] > though I can see the benefit in getting fixes out faster I am not sure 2 week release cadence for major versions is required for that. Firefox does patch releases with fixes both on the main channel and on the ESR one already.
Posted Aug 19, 2026 17:54 UTC (Wed) by fraetor (subscriber, #161147) [Link] (1 responses)
Keeping track of feature releases that frequent might be a bit overwhelming, though I can see the benefit in getting fixes out faster. I know I've struggled to keep track of VSCode changes since they moved to weekly releases.
I wonder if we need blog posts seperate from the release cycle to round up the new features in the last month or so.
2 week release schedule Posted Aug 20, 2026 9:33 UTC (Thu) by gray_-_wolf (subscriber, #131074) [Link] > though I can see the benefit in getting fixes out faster I am not sure 2 week release cadence for major versions is required for that. Firefox does patch releases with fixes both on the main channel and on the ESR one already.
Posted Aug 20, 2026 9:33 UTC (Thu) by gray_-_wolf (subscriber, #131074) [Link]
I am not sure 2 week release cadence for major versions is required for that. Firefox does patch releases with fixes both on the main channel and on the ESR one already.
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