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Mozilla's Servo Browser Now Available Nightly
The Servo browser, built from scratch by Mozilla Research, has matured to the point where nightly builds are available for download. The group hopes to broaden the browser's reach so that they can quickly improve its web compatibility and performance.
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Microsoft Boasts Power Efficiency of Edge
Microsoft boasts that users of its Edge web browser see improved battery performance over other browsers. In addition, the new Windows 10 Anniversary Edition will bring even greater battery efficiency improvements in the browser.
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Firefox 46 Tackles Security Issues, Improves Performance
Mozilla has released Firefox 46, including improved security of the JavaScript JIT Compiler, and delaying Addon signing.
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Firefox Developer Edition Brings Popup Debugging
Mozilla has release Developer Edition 47 for Firefox, bringing new features to improve add-on debugging.
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64-bit Firefox for Windows in Firefox 43
Mozilla has released 64-bit Firefox for Windows, along with many changes for web developers.
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Chrome to Lose Windows XP Support in April 2016
Google has announced that they will drop support for Chrome on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8 in April 2016.
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Firefox Will No Longer Support Plug-ins Except for Flash
Mozilla has announced the end of NPAPI in Firefox by the end of 2016, the only plug-in continuing to be supported being Flash.
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Mixed Feelings Greet Mozilla's Add-ons Overhaul
Mozilla has released a major overhaul to how Firefox add-ons are developed. Included is the introduction of the WebExtensions API and a requirement for add-ons to be reviewed and signed by Mozilla before deployment. The developer community has reacted with a range of emotions to the announcements.
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All-New Devtools for React Bring Tools to Firefox
The React team has released entirely new devtools for the JavaScript library -- including a new version for Firefox. Jared Forsyth said "The current version of the devtools is a fork of Blink's "Elements" pane, and is imperative, mutation-driven, and tightly integrated with Chrome-specific APIs. The new devtools are much less coupled to Chrome, and easier to reason about thanks to React."
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Mozilla Blocks Flash, Encourages HTML5 Adoption
Mozilla is encouraging developers towards HTML5 and JavaScript and away from Flash, after it blocked the plugin in browsers amid security concerns. Following Adobe's advice that two critical vulnerabilities would potentially allow attackers to take control of affected systems, Mark Schmidt, Firefox's head of support, announced the move on Twitter.
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Firefox Moves to Eliminate XUL, Discusses How to Rebuild
Discussions have begun on how to eliminate XUL and XBL from Firefox. There's a long way to go before anything concrete happens, but the move will go a long way to modernize a browser built with outdated technology.
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Anticipated Firefox 39 Released After Stability Issues Cause Delays
Mozilla has released Firefox 39, after initial stability issues caused by a third party application. The much-anticipated release brings with it support for CSS Scroll Snap Points, new sharing features, and improved dev tools -- as well as several critical bug fixes.
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Mozilla Releases Major Update to CSS Animation Inspector in Firefox Developer Edition
Mozilla has released Firefox Developer Edition 40, with major updates to CSS Animation Inspector. Dave Camp, director of engineering for Firefox, told InfoQ these changes allow developers to see all CSS animations applied to the selected node and any child nodes, with it being common for several Web animations to be combined to get a single effect.
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Microsoft: Edge Performs Better than Chrome and Firefox
This article outlines some of the performance optimizations done for the Chakra engine and the Octane and Jet Stream benchmark results for Edge, Chrome and Firefox.
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Firefox 38 Released, Adds Support for DRM
Version 38 of Mozilla Firefox has been released, adding new HTML5 features and support for DRM-protected content on Windows.