Firefox will soon be getting another JavaScript speed boost thanks to a project Mozilla calls "IonMonkey." The project is a new just-in-time (JIT) compiler for Firefox’s SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine ...

Firefox's graphics and JavaScript performance should improve with new Mozilla projects. Don't expect results by Firefox 5's June release, though. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Mozilla on Monday announced the release of Firefox 18 beta for Windows, Mac, and Linux. You can download it now from Mozilla.org/Firefox/Beta. The biggest addition in ...

The latest Chrome and Firefox versions edged ahead in performance, but Chrome edged more. Could Google's Native Client project make the test obsolete? Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

Mozilla’s latest beta version of the Firefox browser, Firefox Nightly, makes calls between the WebAssembly binary format and JavaScript faster, so it is easier to combine the two languages.

One of the most impressive features in Google’s open source Chrome web browser is V8, a high-performance JavaScript virtual machine that was developed by a team of specialists in Denmark. Although ...

Things never stand still for long in the world of Web browsers, and Mozilla’s popular Firefox contender is no exception. Just a few weeks ago I was writing about Firefox 17 even as Firefox 15 was ...

After more than 18 months of hard graft, Mozilla has finally succeeded in landing a big addition to Firefox's JavaScript engine that, upon initial testing, speeds up the web -- or at least the vast ...

Thursday marked yet another chapter in the short, rocky history of Mozilla’s Firefox 3.5 browser, as the foundation released a security update a little more than two weeks after unveiling it. Firefox ...

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 ...

Firefox 9 has winged its way to various mirrors across the web and is now available to download from the official Firefox website. If you've been using either IE or Chrome because of their superior ...