Firefox Nightly 83: ‘Warp’ Speed Improvements, Hide bookmarks bar shortcut, and more

[silversurfer]

Firefox Javascript JITs engine, codenamed (Warp) received a major update and is enabled by default in Firefox Nightly to bring a speed boost to the browser. Version 83 also brings WebRender to Intel Gen12 GPUs.

What is Warp? How it improves Firefox’s performance or memory

Warp or WarpBuilder is Mozilla’s project to improve JavaScript performance and memory usage in Firefox.

The Spidermonkey (JS) team has worked on to bring a significant update to Warp.

Warp features:

• Simpler design
• Supposed to improve responsiveness and page load performance
• The speedometer is observed to be 10% faster with Warp
• The JavaScript engine uses less memory when Warp is enabled

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Firefox 83: 'Warp' Speed Improvements, Hide bookmarks Toolbar shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+B), and more

Firefox Javascript JITs engine, codenamed (Warp) received a major update and is enabled by default in Firefox Nightly to bring a speed boost to the browser. Version 83 also brings WebRender to Intel Gen12 GPUs. What is Warp? How it improves Firefox’s performance or memory Warp or WarpBuilder is...

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[brambedkar59]

Upto 20% improvements in website loading time and 8% less memory usage (for js code), what's not to love. Waiting for the official update in release channel.

Warp: Improved JS performance in Firefox 83 – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog

We have enabled Warp, a significant update to SpiderMonkey, by default in Firefox 83. SpiderMonkey, the JavaScript engine used in the Firefox

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Edit: Updated via PatchMyPC

 

[HarborFront]

Some new features in FF 83 to be released today. These include

1) Warp
2) HTTPS-Only mode
3) Pinch to Zoom

Firefox 83 brings HTTPS-Only Mode, Page load improvements and more

Mozilla will release Firefox 83 for Windows, Mac, and Linux tomorrow. The version comes with an improved JavaScript engine, that resutls in improved page loads and responsiveness, and memory usage. Here is what the version is bringing to the table. [lwptoc] Warp Mozilla worked on a project named...

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[HarborFront]

It's available for download now at mozilla website

Firefox 83.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes

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[SpiderWeb]

Project Fission ready yet? Until then I don't care about speed improvements because Fission will eat it all up.

 

[HarborFront]

Project Fission ready yet? Until then I don't care about speed improvements because Fission will eat it all up.

Can try in FF Nigthly. Stable version not ready yet

You can try Firefox's Site Isolation feature Fission in Nightly now - gHacks Tech News

Find out how to enable Fission, Firefox's upcoming site isolation feature, in the latest Firefox Nightly development version.

www.ghacks.net