November 14, 2017

Firefox 57 Quantum released

MozillaThe organization behind Firefox — advocates open web standards and internet privacy. shipped FirefoxMozilla's open-source browser — championed web standards and challenged Internet Explorer's dominance. 57 on November 14, 2017 — branded FirefoxMozilla's open-source browser — championed web standards and challenged Internet Explorer's dominance. Quantum with a new CSSCascading Style Sheets — the language for layout, color, and typography on web pages. engine (Stylo), RustA systems language emphasizing memory safety without garbage collection — fast adoption in infrastructure. components, and multi-process tabs.

What it was for

FirefoxQuantum was FirefoxMozilla's open-source browser — championed web standards and challenged Internet Explorer's dominance.'s fight back against ChromeGoogle's web browser — built on Chromium and the most widely used browser worldwide.: Servo's parallel styling code merged into Gecko, RustA systems language emphasizing memory safety without garbage collection — fast adoption in infrastructure. replaced C++ in hot paths, and Project Quantum made the browser feel fast again. It proved MozillaThe organization behind Firefox — advocates open web standards and internet privacy. could still compete on performance with an independent engine.

Companies

  • Mozilla

Why it's here

FirefoxMozilla's open-source browser — championed web standards and challenged Internet Explorer's dominance. Quantum was the biggest FirefoxMozilla's open-source browser — championed web standards and challenged Internet Explorer's dominance. rewrite since tabbed browsing.

Why it mattered

It kept Gecko alive as a credible alternative to BlinkGoogle's rendering engine forked from WebKit — powers Chrome and many Chromium-based browsers. with measurable speed gains.

What it solved

FirefoxMozilla's open-source browser — championed web standards and challenged Internet Explorer's dominance. had fallen behind ChromeGoogle's web browser — built on Chromium and the most widely used browser worldwide. on speed and memory use, losing users and developer mindshare.

Media

  • Firefox
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    Mozilla Corporation, MPL 2, via Wikimedia Commons

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