Mozilla releases official version of "Firefox 7", speed reduction by reducing memory usage etc.

The Mozilla Foundation, which develops a web browser "Firefox" etc., released the official version of "Firefox 7". In this major update, improvements such as enabling faster browsing by reducing the memory used for mobility are being done.

Mozilla Japan - Official website of next generation browser Firefox and email software Thunderbird

Conventional Firefox users can update by clicking on "Firefox About" from "Help" of Firefox.


Clicking on "About Firefox" will open the screen below and the download will start. After completing the download, click "Apply Downloaded Updates" to start the update.


The main update contents of this time are as follows.

◆ Reduction of memory usage
The amount of memory used has been reduced by 20% to 30% compared with the conventional one, and it seems that in certain cases 50% of memory usage can be reduced.Mozilla Japan's blogAccording to the new tab, when opening a new tab or clicking a menu item or button in the site, you can feel the difference.

◆ Responding to various standard technologies
He said he is accelerating the rendering of Canvas by utilizing hardware acceleration and accelerating HTML 5 animation."Runfield"You can enjoy more comfortable browser games such as.

Improvement of Firefox Sync
When adding or changing bookmarks or passwords, the data is now synchronized almost instantaneously.

◆ロケーションバーで「http://」を非表示に
従来「http://gigazine.net」と表示されていたURLが、「gigazine.net」と表示されるようになりました。


また、「https://」のようにSSLが使われている場合は、従来通りの表示となり、暗号化されたサイトが分かりやすくなっています。


◆ Implement W3C standard Navigation Timing
For developers, it is now possible to compare page loading time and site transition with line speed, number of visitors, and other factors.

◆ Responding to Web Timing Specification
It made it easier to identify ways to improve Web site performance by enabling developers to measure page load time and site navigation.

◆ CSS3 text-overflow: correspondence to ellipsis
You can now specify how to display character strings that extend beyond the layout range.

◆ Telemetry
By installing the dedicated add-on, I can report the browser performance data and can cooperate in improving the future version of Firefox.

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