Firefox 9 hits the web

Posted on Tuesday, December 20 2011 @ 21:44 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

Mozilla has published Firefox 9, you can download it for Windows, Linux and Mac.

Firefox 9 incorporates a new JavaScript engine that promises another 20-30 percent performance boost thanks to type inference support. This feature analyzes JavaScript before compiling it in order to process the code more efficiently. Here's a list of all the major changes in this new release:

Added Type Inference, significantly improving JavaScript performance
Improved theme integration for Mac OS X Lion
Added two finger swipe navigation for Mac OS X Lion
Added support for querying Do Not Track status via JavaScript
Added support for font-stretch
Improved support for text-overflow
Improved standards support for HTML5, MathML, and CSS
Fixed several stability issues
Fixed several security issues

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Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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