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
Quantum 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
- ImageFirefox
Mozilla Corporation, MPL 2, via Wikimedia Commons
Related
- Firefox 1.0 releasedNovember 9, 2004
- Mozilla source code open-sourcedMarch 31, 1998
- Rust 1.0 releasedMay 15, 2015