Firefox 4.0!! Not so far

Those waiting for Firefox 4, the upcoming latest and greatest browser from Mozilla, might not have to wait long. Speaking at Air Mozilla today, Mike Beltzner announced that Firefox 3.7 will become 4.0. The first alpha build of 3.7 was released on February 10.
With the switch, Mozilla will likely be much more able to meet its goal to release Firefox 4 in Q4 2010.

The biggest improvements coming in 3.7/4.0 is the Gecko 1.9.3 layout engine, which should bring improved support for new standards such as HTML5 and CSS3. In the vision outlined in a #-Link-Snipped-# corresponding with his announcement, Beltzner says the Firefox 4 will be "Powerful: enabling new open, standard Web technologies (HTML5 and beyond!)."

He also says that the new browser will be much faster – "super-duper fast", to be precise. The biggest speed improvement is the new JägerMonkey JavaScript engine, which speeds up repetitive scripts. Other speed improvements include 64-bit support, a streamlined main thread, and DOM improvements.

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  • Kaustubh Katdare

    Kaustubh Katdare

    @thebigk • May 12, 2010

    Oh Boy! I can't wait until Q4! 😐 I hope they fix the memory usage problem. Chrome and Opera are far better than FF at memory management.

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  • Ashraf HZ

    Ashraf HZ

    @Ash • May 12, 2010

    Yeah, I'm quite perplexed that the memory issue still persists.

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  • Anil Jain

    Anil Jain

    @CrazyBoy • May 12, 2010

    As per Firefox director Mike Beltzner,

    Speed, power and user control are Mozilla's top three goals for Firefox 4, according to early product plans released Monday. Specifically, the browser will be fast -- "super-duper fast," according to Firefox director Mike Beltzner
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