Firefox 9 Released, JavaScript Performance Greatly Improved

MrSeb writes "Firefox 9 is now available — but unlike its previous rapid release forebears where not a lot changed, a huge feature has landed with the new version: the JavaScript engine now has type inference enabled. This simple switch has resulted in a 20-30% JS execution speed increase (PDF), putting JaegerMonkey back in line with Chrome's V8 engine, and even pulling ahead in some cases. If you switched away from Firefox to IE or Chrome for improved JS performance, now is probably the time to give Firefox another shot."

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Re:Firefox - Too little, too late

[Anonymous Coward]

RockMelt [techcrunch.com] now. Especially RockMelt is an interesting browser - it completely abandons geeky stuff like NoScript or Adblock but instead caters to casual, normal people and how they use the internet. RockMelt has online Facebook friends directly on the site, along with recent news and updates from all social networks. It lets you easily add social bookmarks to sites like Reddit and Digg, along with sharing to Facebook and Twitter. Most people have been saying how wonderful it is compared to Firefox. It's an browser that actual people want.

I thought that sponsored "Ask Slashdot" was a bit much but now we have sponsored first posts?

Re:Firefox - Too little, too late

[obarthelemy]

And RockMeIt has much better astroturfing !

"If you switched away from Firefox to IE..."

[biscuitlover]

...then you're probably still dealing with the fallout from that time when you switched your brain for a sponge

Oh joy!

[lucidlyTwisted]

Almost time to play "plug-in roulette". Which ones will work, which ones not? Where the compatibility is, no one knows!
Still this is just a Beta, maybe I'm being overly pessimistic.

Re:Firefox - Too little, too late

[Lennie]

I meant normal every day endusers, no geeks.

Geeks only have geeks as friends ;-)