payday Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Firefox 52 Bans Plugins And Is First Browser To Use WebAssembly Firefox 52 bans plugins except for Flash, warns users about logins on unencrypted websites, and claims to run processor intensive apps at nearly the same speed as native code. Mozilla have quietly released their latest browser, Firefox 52 into the wilds of the internet this week. In doing so Firefox has officially become the world’s first web browser to fully support the new WebAssembly standard. WebAssembly is a new browser standard that all the major players in the industry are currently considering using as the next step in web browsing. Google, Apple, and Microsoft have all agreed that WebAssembly could be a potential game changer. The fact that Mozilla have got their first however is hardly a surprise. WebAssembly as a going concern is a direct result of a Mozilla Labs research project that started in 2015. That’s Great, But What Is It And How Does It Work? Put simply, WebAssembly is a binary format that is used code webpages. The real advantage for developers is that it allows them to pack more code and resources into a far smaller amount of data. Not only does this allow for reduced web page loading times, but it speeds up what browsers can do by delivering the background code to your browser faster and in a way that your computer or mobile device can process faster. David Bryant, the lead platform engineer for Mozilla has this to say about it: “WebAssembly is one of the biggest advances to the Web Platform over the past decade. This new standard will enable amazing video games and high-performance web apps for things like computer-aided design, video and image editing, and scientific visualization.” (...) Article source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbond Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 is here really a demand for web apps like that? i can't see myself editing videos in the browser. no way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebangzat Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 i dont like this new update . make my leptop lagging and showing black screen half browser then i cant click anythings if any tab reload .. gaaahh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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