June 17, 2009 at 09:10What awaits us after Firefox 3.5?
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The article-translation omits the moments related to what the new release 3.5 itself will bring - they already wrote about this. Here we will talk about what awaits us in the future, beyond FF 3.5. Only the main points have been translated.
- Mozilla has a number of improvements planned for the next FF release, codenamed Namoroka.
One of them is a process isolation technology called Electrolysis, which aims to protect the fall of the entire Fox. This will help the browser stay afloat if it falls in a single tab (does this not remind you of anything? =)), Because today the FF drops completely and with noise, while providing a less beautiful solution to restore all tabs after reboot.
The first phase of Electrolysis will be the isolation of plugins, such as Adobe Systems' Flash, so the problem in the flash will not drop the entire browser.
“Development is moving faster than we expected, and by the end of July we hope that we will have a prototype of Electrolysis.”
The next step will be a wider isolation technology, which will allow to separate processes from tabs. A prototype of this solution will appear around the end of the year ...
Also, in the future we are waiting for a 64-bit version of FF for Mac. We already have people working on this, the bulk of the work will be done by the end of the quarter. Again, this is a prototype timeline, not a release date.
[bad news]
Despite the fact that the 64-bit version of Windows is distributed - “It is not one of the platforms we support.” Said Beltzner (Mozilla FireFox browser development director).
[/ bad news]
Apple's new OS - Snow Leopard - is completely 64-bit, including Safari, and Apple boasts that JavaScript runs much faster on the 64-bit version.
Most addons to FFox will have to smoothly switch to 64bit versions, except for those that include software compiled for a 32bit platform.
Naturally, we are waiting for an improvement in the speed, loading and speed of the interface, where without this from release to release.
- Mozilla has a number of improvements planned for the next FF release, codenamed Namoroka.
One of them is a process isolation technology called Electrolysis, which aims to protect the fall of the entire Fox. This will help the browser stay afloat if it falls in a single tab (does this not remind you of anything? =)), Because today the FF drops completely and with noise, while providing a less beautiful solution to restore all tabs after reboot.
The first phase of Electrolysis will be the isolation of plugins, such as Adobe Systems' Flash, so the problem in the flash will not drop the entire browser.
“Development is moving faster than we expected, and by the end of July we hope that we will have a prototype of Electrolysis.”
The next step will be a wider isolation technology, which will allow to separate processes from tabs. A prototype of this solution will appear around the end of the year ...
Also, in the future we are waiting for a 64-bit version of FF for Mac. We already have people working on this, the bulk of the work will be done by the end of the quarter. Again, this is a prototype timeline, not a release date.
[bad news]
Despite the fact that the 64-bit version of Windows is distributed - “It is not one of the platforms we support.” Said Beltzner (Mozilla FireFox browser development director).
[/ bad news]
Apple's new OS - Snow Leopard - is completely 64-bit, including Safari, and Apple boasts that JavaScript runs much faster on the 64-bit version.
Most addons to FFox will have to smoothly switch to 64bit versions, except for those that include software compiled for a 32bit platform.
Naturally, we are waiting for an improvement in the speed, loading and speed of the interface, where without this from release to release.