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Firefox Quantum Arrives With Faster Browser Engine, Major Visual Overhaul (venturebeat.com)

Posted by msmash on from the browser-updates dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Mozilla today launched Firefox 57, branded Firefox Quantum, for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. The new version, which Mozilla calls "by far the biggest update since Firefox 1.0 in 2004," brings massive performance improvements and a visual redesign. The Quantum name signals Firefox 57 is a huge release that incorporates the company's next-generation browser engine (Project Quantum). The goal is to make Firefox the fastest and smoothest browser for PCs and mobile devices -- the company has previously promised that users can expect "some big jumps in capability and performance" through the end of the year. Indeed, three of the four past releases (Firefox 53, Firefox 54, and Firefox 55) included Quantum improvements. But those were just the tip of the iceberg. Additionally, Firefox now exclusively supports extensions built using the WebExtension API, and unsupported legacy extensions will no longer work, the company said.

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  1. It's quantized so it's not continuous anymore by goombah99 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Quantum is the smallest possible increment. Always remember that when someone tells you it's a quantum leap in performance.

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    1. Re:It's quantized so it's not continuous anymore by SScorpio · · Score: 3, Funny

      However, in leaps, the quantum unit is huge. That why quantum leaps are so large.

      I thought quantum leaps were when Count Baccula's conscious traveled back in time and takes over someone's body.

    2. Re:It's quantized so it's not continuous anymore by HumanWiki · · Score: 4, Funny

      The Quantum is the smallest possible increment. Always remember that when someone tells you it's a quantum leap in performance.

      I'm more afraid this Quantum Leap will consist of reliving the past mistakes and horrors made by other people.

      Mozilla is just trying to set right what once went wrong.. And hoping that their next version, will be the one home.

  2. Re:Weird Gaps? by zifn4b · · Score: 2, Funny

    Anyone else seeing large gaps to the left of the address bar and to the right of the search bar?

    Nope. Chrome is working just fine.

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  3. Still waiting on the Slashdot Browser by Merk42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    C'mon people. Everyone here seems to know what would make the most perfect flawless browser. Why has no one here done it?