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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

Jargon Coiner (#6)

An irregular feature that aims to give you advance warning of new jargon
that we've just made up.

* STOP MIRAGE: Trying to click on an imaginary Stop button on a program's
toolbar after doing something you didn't want to. Usually caused as the
result of excessive use of Netscape.

* YA-PREFIX: Putting "another" or "yet another" in front of a name or
tacking "YA" in front of an acronym.

Example: "We could ya-prefix this fortune by titling it 'Yet Another
Lame List of Fabricated Jargon'."

* DOMAINEERING: Using a service like Netcraft to determine what operating
system and webserver a particular domain is running.

* NOT-A-SALTINE EXPLANATION: The canned response given to someone who
uses the term "hacker" instead of "cracker".