David Ansermot Web Developer / TYPO3 Integrator

Firefox 4, what’s expected?

The specification of Firefox 4 is full.

We already knew that the GUI is completely redesigned (see above). We now know more about the rest of the browser.

Mike Beltzner, director of development of the Mozilla Foundation, has set many goals yesterday to reach during a Webcast as a roadmap.

The most important goal is certainly one of the power and speed.

The power of a browser includes many fields, none of which will, according to him, neglected.

The support for Windows Direct2D example , or the future of HTML 5, as far as they are, for example, fall into account both to April 1 of Firefox browser "powerful".

A 64-bit version would also (and some would say finally) to the study.

To (re-) make a fast, management of content in JavaScript will not suffice. Even if in this field Mozilla intends to double our efforts to meet increasing performance bluffing the competition (including Opera and Chrome).

The time to launch the browser should also be shortened. An excellent short story called your vows (if you believe your comments on this forum).

The reactivity (opening or closing a new tab for example.) Is also on the table.

But speed is not just pure performance history. Mike Beltzner said that the new UI of Firefox 4 will also participate in the perception of speed (loading bar redesigned pages, etc..).

In short, the Panda Roux will not be left behind (at least he will try).

But Firefox is also and above all remain a browser that innovates.

It is the goal, for example, future feature called "Account Manager" which will centralize logins and passwords. An innovation of which we still know relatively little about (except that it is to avoid to go through the identification pages of online services).

Recall that the philosophy of Mozilla is that of confidentiality .. The data synchronization via the Weave service is fully encrypted and such can use any server chosen by the user (not necessarily those of Mozilla). Unlike the browser from Google.

A fundamental difference Nitot, the founding president of Mozilla Europe, told us recently wanting to put forward to differentiate Chrome.

Appointment is made for the first beta of Firefox 4 which should arrive in late June.

As for the final, she is currently scheduled for October or November and not 2011 as previously announced. A date still highly likely to be postponed based on development problems.

Sources :
developpez.com