Corresponding to all users "Firefox 54" official version is released, multi-process technology, "Electrolysis" to achieve a stable browser at high speed

ByUndergroundbastard

The official version of the web browser "Firefox 54" (for desktop version / PC / Mac / Linux) has been released. Multi-process technology "Electrolysis (e10s)" which was implemented in Firefox 48 and was activated only for some users corresponds to all users. Speed ​​and stability increased, and in overseas mediaFirefox caught up with Google Crome, Apple's Safari, Microsoft EdgeIt is said to be.

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https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/54.0/releasenotes/

◆ Desktop version download
· Windows version (43.0 MB)
https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-54.0-SSL&os=win&lang=ja

· Mac OS X version (57.0MB)
https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-54.0-SSL&os=osx&lang=ja-JP-mac

· Linux version (58.8 MB)
https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-54.0-SSL&os=linux&lang=ja

◆ New features
In Firefox 54, by dividing the process on Firefox with the user interface and contents, and further dividing the contents into multiple processes, it is possible to prevent one heavy page from affecting responsiveness and speed of other tabs "Electrolysis ( Electrolysis) "multi-process technology corresponds to all users. Since Electrolysis contains ten characters between e and s, it is also called "e10s" and development has been carried out for a while. However, once the project stopped in 2011, it will appear again in 2016. At this time it was only valid for some users.

Nick Nguyen, product strategist at Mozilla, says, "In addition to reducing speed and crash, e10s makes it feel very smooth even on heavy pages like Facebook news feeds," said Blog , And the change that e10s brings is said to be "the biggest thing in Firefox history."

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https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/06/13/faster-better-firefox/

Also, when Mozilla tested memory usage with multiple browsers, Firefox 54 used less RAM than other browsers on Windows 10, macOS, and Linux. The following graph shows Firefox 54 with dark blue color as Microsoft Edge, gray color as Safari, light blue as Chrome, light orange color as 64 bit Firefox 54, dark orange color as 32 bit. Especially the difference on Windows 10 is remarkable.


In addition to e10s, in Firefox 54, download buttons and download status panel are simplified, and "Burmese" will be added to the locale. Twenty-three vulnerabilities have been corrected on the security side, with 3 items of "important", 12 of "high" and 8 of "medium" breakdown of severity.

· CSS clip-path
So far Firefox only supported clip-path defined as SVG file, but in Firefox 54 you can use CSS Shapes of circles, ellipses, rectangles, and favorite polygons. You can also animate clipping shapes.


It is also possible to dynamically change the clipping according to the user's input, such as effects controlled with the mouse.