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Now that Mozilla has its new Firefox channel-based release system in place, it’s time to start pushing some new user-facing features to the Firefox faithful. One such change has arrived in Nightly builds, the shiny new about:permissions privacy tool.

About:permissions, like about:config, add-ons, and just about every aspect of Firefox, is all about providing the most highly-customizable browsing experience possible. Type about:permissions into the address bar and you’re presented with a dashboard that lets you configure password retention, geolocation, cookies, pop-ups, and offline storage access on a per-site basis.

If you’ve previously set passwords for a particular site, about:permissions will allow you to view and remove them. You can also manage and delete cookies that site has stored on your system or forget a site completely, wiping any trace of it from Firefox’s memory.

With a keen focus on user privacy in recent releases — such as Private Browsing mode and Do Not Track — the addition of a centralized dashboard which allows users to maintain control over site permissions and data is a logical next step in the evolution of Firefox. It’s a major convenience, and one which is sure to be welcomed by those who consider privacy to be a serious concern when browsing the web… And really, shouldn’t that mean all of us?

Download a Nightly build of Firefox