Pluses: faster than previous versions especially on complex web-pages, support for CSS3 Text Overflow, fast Canvas rendering with Azure component, faster Firefox Sync option, less memory leak ĭrawbacks/flaws: third party extensions cannot keep up with the rapid cycle of development from Mozilla Now the main domain from a web address is even more highlighted compared to the subdomain component and the “ prefix is not visible anymore. A subtle but good change has been applied to the address bar. In this way Mozilla is trying to prepare its path for future worldwide changes in the HTML standard. Firefox 7 also adds support for CSS3 Text Overflow method and a new measurement tool that allows web developers to identify performance improvements or flaws on their website.Īzure is the new graphical component introduced in Firefox 7 in order to improve the rendering process of Canvas present in the new HTML 5 standard.

Other subtle improvements have been done to the Firefox Sync component which now initializes the sync process for password and bookmark changes more frequently as they are modified or added.

For example is enough to close unused tabs in order to free up memory, and this without the need to restart the browser. No you can let the browser run as much as you want without noticing any expense in system resources. In this way, they have addressed one of the oldest issues present in previous Firefox versions. Mozilla has also tweaked the Javascript module in order to free up memory no longer in use. This comes as a positive effect for the startup and page loading times, which suffered a lot in previous version. It is said that Firefox 7 has reduced its memory usage by 20% and even 50% in special cases. The most important improvement is the memory usage optimization. Similar to its previous version, Firefox 7 brings few notable improvements and features. While there are rumors regarding the idea of shortening this cycle to only five weeks, these won’t happen too soon. The seventh cycle of development confirms the rapid release schedule adopted by Mozilla this year. Six weeks after the release of Firefox 6, Mozilla officially released the new next version for Firefox.

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