Web & AppsPosts Tagged Beta
Type Inference: More JavaScript speed in Firefox 9
Shortly before Christmas, on 20. December, the final version of Firefox 9 is coming. At the moment the successor of Firefox Release 8 is still in beta phase. However, the few changes in Firefox 9 are worth mentioning. Because the project type inference (TI), an improvement in the JavaScript engine SpiderMonkey, was integrated. This is the preliminary analysis of JavaScript code, which that the performance can be significantly increased. According to the blog post of Firefox developer Brian Hackett it is an improvement over the common Kraken and V8 benchmarks at about 30%.
Preview of Firefox 8
In early November the 8th major release of Firefox will appear. Really "major" changes are not included, but i will give an outlook on the changes that will probably be included in Firefox 8. First you need to know that the jump from version 4 to 8 was smaller than from 3.6 to 4. The need to always install the latest release, is not mandatory. Especially in recent times Firefox had problems with old add-ons. Surfing with Firefox 4 and 5 can have many supposedly "outdated" add-ons continue to use. But now the preview of Firefox 8th.
That’s new in Mozilla Firefox 6
In August the new version 6 of Mozilla Firefox will be released. In the current beta version you can already make a picture of what's new. First of all: For the average user, this update is not really worth to be done, because in comparison with earlier beta versions of Firefox, the changes are minimal. In the short time between new releases, this is not surprising. For the upcoming months even more sequels are planned. First, however, the focus remains on the upcoming release of Firefox 6.
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