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Speedier Firefox Aims to Lead the Way

Mozilla says new version of browser will boost Web 2.0 development

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 13, 2008 3:31 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Early tests have found Mozilla's latest version of Firefox is much speedier than earlier versions and it runs rings around its rivals, PC World reports. One blogger found Firefox 3 Beta 4 was nearly twice as fast as Safari and Opera, and the Beta 4 version, and three times faster than Explorer. Mozilla's head of development said the company is tweaking Firefox  to make "really heavy-duty applications" run faster.

"Web apps today are magnitudes more complex than those from five years ago," he noted. While boosting browser speed further might not make much difference to basic web pages, Mozilla is trying to build a browser that will let developers start building more complex web 2.0 applications in line with Mozilla's mission "to move the Web as a platform forward," its development chief said.

We're at the point where we can turn the knob to get it to perform well, Mozilla's head of development said, discussing the changes to Firefox.
"We're at the point where we can turn the knob to get it to perform well," Mozilla's head of development said, discussing the changes to Firefox.   ((c) TomerCohen)
Mozilla's vice president of engineering said that each Firefox version was getting a lot faster, as the big changes made started to pay off.
Mozilla's vice president of engineering said that each Firefox version was getting a lot faster, as the big changes made started to pay off.   ((c) Network Magazine Taiwan)
Mozilla has speeded up its Firefox browser for the 3.0 Beta 4 version, released Monday.
Mozilla has speeded up its Firefox browser for the 3.0 Beta 4 version, released Monday.   ((c) Kofoed)
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