Firefox 7 uses less RAM

Firefox  7 uses less RAM

Mozilla today announced version 7 of Firefox for Windows, Mac OS and Linux released. The release will eliminate one point of criticism, which many users argue for years over again: the memory hunger of the browser. MemShrink the project, which is responsible for the reduced resource consumption, should also make the browser faster and more stable. The co-developer Nicholas Nethercote speaks of a reduced by 20 to 30 percent of memory consumption, in some cases it may be 50 percent.

With Canvas converted to 2D graphics in Windows 7 and Vista running on a suitable graphics card significantly faster than before, which is evident for example in browser games. Technical background is the Azure interface that interacts with Windows Direct2D and should accelerate in the future, the 3D graphics.

During the update, Firefox asks 7, whether it anonymized data to memory consumption and performance may be handed over to Mozilla. The data of this new system called Telemetry to provide developers with a better basis for decisions. Mozilla stresses that it does not store any data, make the user identifiable. Modeled on a similar feature in Chrome, which should also apply to the URL shown without the leading http:// in the address bar.

A new navigation specification is supported timing, which should help in performance measurement of website and browser. 7 Firefox now detects the CSS property text-overflow, cutting off the text at word ends, if it does not fit into a container, other browsers have implemented this in Internet Explorer 6 introduced feature for some time. Small improvements bestowed upon the developer MathML, and DOM WebSockets. Scripts can no longer change the size of browser windows that were not opened by script. As usual, Firefox also fixes several bugs and seven vulnerabilities.

At the same time brought out a new version of Mozilla's browser for Android and IOS, whose rendering capabilities match those of the desktop version. Also, Firefox Mobile can now communicate via WebSockets.