Official release of 'Firefox 84', more than double the operating speed on Apple Silicon-equipped devices
The official version of the web browser ' Firefox 84 ' has been released. A natively compiled version is available for devices with Apple Silicon CPUs, which greatly improves speed.
Firefox 84.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes
◆ Officially compatible with Apple Silicon
As of version 83, it used Rosetta 2's emulation feature, but since version 84 it has been natively compiled for Apple Silicon CPUs. As a result, Firefox's startup speed has doubled, and the responsiveness of web applications has also doubled. To use natively compiled Firefox, you need to manually restart Firefox once after updating to version 84 or higher.
To check if the Firefox you are using is the Apple Silicon version, enter 'about: support' in the address bar. If the 'Rosetta Translated' item is 'false', it means Firefox for Apple Silicon.
◆ Flash support will end soon
Firefox 84 will be
◆ Expanded effective range of Web Render
Web Render, which speeds up drawing, has been enabled on laptops running Windows 7 & 8 and devices running Mac OS Big Sur. You can check the detailed support status on the official Wiki .
◆ Improved handling of shared memory on Linux
In addition to improving performance, it is also compatible with Docker.
◆ Changes for developers
・ Easy to report bugs on the network panel
Debug information is now displayed when the network panel crashes, as well as a link for bug reports.
-The order in which the focus moves can be confirmed in the accessibility panel.
If you check 'Show tab movement order', the order in which the focus moves when you press the Tab key is displayed on the page.
-Pseudo class ': not ()' can take multiple arguments
The description when combining multiple nots has become easier.
· Content loaded from localhost is now considered safe
・ Performance measurement tool update
' PerformancePaintTiming ' has been implemented, and it is now possible to obtain timing information related to 'drawing' when displaying a web page.
-Application cache is no longer supported
The application cache was a mechanism for running web apps offline, but it was a deprecated feature due to the advent of service workers as a successor. This feature has been removed in Firefox 84 and is expected to be removed in Chromium in version 90, due out in April 2021.
Firefox 84 also includes a number of security fixes .
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