Firefox Gets Big JavaScript Improvements

[Guest]

Mozilla is working on its JavaScript engine again and has announced that type interference support has landed in Mozilla-central.

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[blubbey]

That's quite a substantial increase Hopefully it makes a nice real world performance increase.

 

[newbie_mcnoob]

What happened to the Firefox girl?

 

[Steelwing]

Firefox 9? Seriously??

I know that version numbers don't mean as much as they used to, but still, version 4 came out in March, version 5 in June, and version 6 in August.

This has become ridiculous.

 

[gmarsack]

Your telling me, Steelwing.. us poor web developer have to support all those new versions. Ack!

 

[amk-aka-Phantom]

[citation][nom]otacon72[/nom]Too bad it needs HUGE memory management improvements.[/citation]

FF6 did this. So much smoother now... before you say a single word about Chrome, no, it is NOT faster on my netbook.

 

[CPU666d1]

What ever Mozilla does usually,is good for their browser.

 

[Cryio]

@ Steelwing: It's Firefox 9, because it's a pre-alpha channel. Think about it

 

[Wish I Was Wealthy]

Good One! cpu666d1,you've said it all...

 

[cookoy]

i guess i'm like most people who just upgrade whenever a new version is officially released, not really wanting to know why.

 

[Dandalf]

i don't like how version releases have increased to be so fast to copy chrome. It's stupid, each release doesnt mean anything and isn't exciting. And the worse part is like gmarsack said... how can developers keep up? the best thing about firefox is still its addons, and mozilla is going so fast now that my favourite addons only work for about a week before they need to be updated. developers will eventually give up and mozilla will have forsaken their browsers strongest aspect!

 

[Guest]

Hmmmm.... and yet I can run 99% of the websites worth going to with noscript running. Even with it off, there's no site worth going to that can max out any of my PC's CPU on Javascript.

Can we please stop pretending that hypothetical synthetic Javascript speed is a reason to use a browser.

 

[eddieroolz]

This Javascript enhancement would've constituted a major version jump in my opinion.

 

[Steelwing]

[citation][nom]Dandalf[/nom]the best thing about firefox is still its addons, and mozilla is going so fast now that my favourite addons only work for about a week before they need to be updated.[/citation]

Try the add-on called "Add-on Compatibility Reporter". It'll forcefully enable your add-ons so that you don't have to worry about version numbers anymore. Of course, if something genuinely doesn't work, you can report it and hopefully it will get fixed. I've found very few add-ons that are actually broken by the new versions and not just disabled.

https/addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-on-compatibility-reporter/

 

[someonewhoknowsalittle]

I am waiting for Firefox 57. It should be released by April, 2012 based on Mozilla's current release plans. Until then, I'm sticking with Netscape Navigator 3.0. At least Netscape doesn't steal 2 GB of my RAM memory to run a browser, like Firefox's amazingly space-aged browser crap. Note to self: release ear flaps so steam can escape from ersatz brain vents.

 

[Wish I Was Wealthy]

I should reinstall Mozillas Firefox & check this new java script improvements.

 

[Horhe]

Wasn't Firefox already the faster browser when it comes to JavaScript? IMO they should've improved in the areas Firefox falls behind the competition.

 

[agnawt]

What is "type interference"??? Type inference maybe? Sometimes the spellchecker can be a hindifference.

 

[ProDigit10]

Firefox always has the tendency to come out with fast and buggy products, and slowing them down like crazy when going over to a new build!
Do you actually believe that from ff2 to now, they only had speed improvements?
If I'm correct the newer firefox will be more compatible, but won't be faster than FF 2.2.
They bloat the software so much that by the new release people will notice the speed improvements!
And those who are stuck with an older computer or for instance Windows 98 (for compatibility/hardware reasons), are stuck with a lousy browser!

 

[ProDigit10]

[citation][nom]newbie_mcnoob[/nom]What happened to the Firefox girl?[/citation]
She caught an STD from cheating!