{"id":223652,"date":"2017-08-08T08:04:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T06:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=223652"},"modified":"2017-08-08T08:05:49","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T06:05:49","slug":"firefox-55-promises-dramatic-performance-improvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/223652-firefox-55-promises-dramatic-performance-improvement.html","title":{"rendered":"Firefox 55 promises dramatic performance improvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Roadmap\/Updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Firefox 55 will be available<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0soon, and will include performance improvements and VR support.<\/p>\n<p>Mozilla said Firefox Screenshots is the major front-end feature shipping in Firefox 55, and will allow users to take, save, and share screenshots without leaving Firefox.<\/p>\n<p>The latest version will also include the WebVR platform feature, which will allow users with an HTC Vive or Oculus Rift to experience VR content on the Web.<\/p>\n<p>Other Firefox 55 features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Performance improvement in session restore with large numbers of tabs.<\/li>\n<li>Fine-tune browser performance with e10s multi settings.<\/li>\n<li>Click to activate Flash Player.<\/li>\n<li>Search suggestions in the Awesomebar enabled by default.<\/li>\n<li>Modernised update system.<\/li>\n<li>Streamlined Windows stub installer that installs Firefox 64-bit by default for users on 64-bit systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mozilla has also provided an update on its plans for Firefox 56, which will ship on 26 September.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Searching in a new Preferences organisation.<\/li>\n<li>Paused auto-play in background tabs.<\/li>\n<li>Out of process web extensions.<\/li>\n<li>Quantum features and fixes.<\/li>\n<li>Smaller and more secure update download.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Firefox 57 will then launch on 14 November, and will include the Photon UI refresh, performance enhancing Quantum features and bug fixes, and the phasing out of legacy extensions.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/223106-mozilla-launches-firefox-send.html\">Mozilla launches Firefox Send<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firefox 55 brings users many new features, including VR support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":197481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[981,975],"class_list":["post-223652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-firefox","tag-mozilla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223652"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223652"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223670,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223652\/revisions\/223670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}