Specifically, new JavaScript technology in this upcoming release makes the open source browser as much as 26 percent faster than Firefox 17, promising a quicker, snappier experience for users.

Mozilla on Tuesday shipped Firefox 9, claiming that the new browser processes JavaScript up to 36% faster than its predecessor. The company also patched six Firefox vulnerabilities, and released a ...

In the case of Firefox 9, the type inference engine seems to produce up to 30% faster JavaScript execution. It varies from benchmark to benchmark, but the performance improvement is unmistakable.

Today is beta-release day at Mozilla, and the organization is launching new beta versions of Firefox for the desktop and Android. This time around, the desktop version is set to get the most ...

Firefox users can expect improved JavaScript performance in the Firefox 83 browser, with the Warp update to the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine enabled by default.

Mozilla today launched Firefox 77 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Firefox 77 includes faster JavaScript debugging, optional permissions for extensions, and Pocket recommendations in the U.K.

With the release of Firefox 23, the HTML tag is no longer supported by any major browser. Firefox 23 also introduces a new, simplified logo, and the option to turn JavaScript off has been removed ...

JaegerMonkey, from a layman’s perspective… Started back in January 2010, JaeagerMonkey is to eventually become the JavaScript engine for Firefox 4.0.

OdinMonkey, Firefox’s name for its asm.js optimization module, allows developers to write their code in C or C++, compile it to JavaScript using Emscripten and run it at a speed that is within ...

Mozilla Firefox now also the ability to disable JavaScript in PDF documents should you wish to do so. This feature is merely a way for Mozilla to improve security in its web browser, and we like it.

With JägerMonkey, the new Firefox builds feel significantly faster, especially on JavaScript-heavy applications like Gmail and Facebook, Mandelin reported. Not only that, but the new builds are ...