Mozilla will release Firefox 4 refer to IE9 in advance

Phoenixnet technology news on July 22, March 17, according to foreign media reports, Mozilla may release its new version of Firefox4 browser in advance next week, recently, Microsoft IE9 and frequent Google Chrome browser updates may be the reason for this release. Mozilla has just released its Firefox4 browser version. The official release of Firefox4 next week will leave testers with little time for testing. However, Mozilla platform engineering senior director Damon Sicore has announced on the developer forum that, the release date of Firefox browser 4 of the latest version has been officially confirmed as March 22.

Damon Sicore also said in the Forum: "So far, there have been no known events that will prevent us from using RC1 as the final version. However, if we find any reason for blocking RC1 release at any time, we will release RC2 as soon as possible, redate the release date, and inform everyone ."

According to statistics, as of February this year, Internet Explorer had approximately 56.77% Of the world's search engine market share, followed by Firefox, reaching 21.74%, and the third was Google Chrome, 10.93%, fourth place: Apple's Safari browser, 6.36%. Firefox lost about 1% of its market share in the last month, and its share price also declined in February.

It is reported that the new jarermonkey JavaScript Engine of Firefox4 will shorten the start time, and its support for WebM format will allow HD videos to be played online more smoothly, its WebGL feature is an open standard to accelerate 3D images, removing the need for users to install special plug-ins. In addition, Firefox4 uses the "Disable tracing" mode to disable behavior tracking tools on some websites.