FF7: lean and fast

[HunkyLuke]

Mozilla's hacks blog has released details on how Firefox 7 has improved itself to become a lean and fast browser. The new version of Firefox now commonly uses 20% to 30% less memory using a technology called MemShrink.

MemShrink technology was created by Mozilla a few months back. Thanks to the shorter release cycles, this technology took only a few months to get into the live product.

Firefox 7 also introduced other improvements. WebSockets are now enabled by default on mobile, for two-way communications with a remote host for HTTP, while the Canvas element for graphics has been updated for snappier performance.

More info on MemShrink is available at http://gay.gl/eS
More info on WebSockets, Canvas and other improvements is available at http://gay.gl/eT

[damiantodaro]

Firefox 7 ...

Keep up, grampa! FF8 beta is out, complete with Twitter search. Hurry up and click the link before FF9 is available.

Ugh, I'm not allowed to post URLs... so piece this mess together...

http: // blog.mozilla.com/futurereleases/2011/09/30/firefoxbeta8/