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Firefox 76.0

([Development] May 5, 2020 18:47 UTC (Tue) (ris))


Firefox 76.0 has been released. This version features a number of improvements to password management, Picture-in-Picture allows a small video window to follow you around as you work, and support for Audio Worklets has been added, allowing more complex audio processing. The [1]release notes have more details.



[1] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/76.0/releasenotes/

Firefox 76.0

They're also inching closer to re-enabling the true multi-threading support for JS: [1]https://wiki.mozilla.org/Project_Fission

[1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Project_Fission

Firefox 76.0

They're also inching closer to re-enabling the true multi-threading support for JS: [1]https://wiki.mozilla.org/Project_Fission

[1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Project_Fission

Firefox 76.0

There is actually work happening to reenable SharedArrayBuffer+threads independent of Fission. [1]https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/mozilla.dev.platfor...

[1] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/mozilla.dev.platform/IHkBZlHETpA/dwsMNchWEQAJ

Firefox 76.0

There is actually work happening to reenable SharedArrayBuffer+threads independent of Fission. [1]https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/mozilla.dev.platfor...

[1] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/mozilla.dev.platform/IHkBZlHETpA/dwsMNchWEQAJ

> Sorry, at this point we are not allowed to publish the source code of the
> lcs and qeth drivers (due to the use of confidential hardware interface
> specifications). We make those modules available only in binary form
> on our developerWorks web site.
>
Gosh. I didn't know you guys were so advanced that you didn't use
an electronic hardware interface! Your 'hardware interface specifications'
use magnetohydrodynamics, and they are top-secret, right?

- Richard B. Johnson on linux-kernel