The Future of FirefoxTristan Nitot, President & Founder,
Mozilla Europe
Mozilla is doomed!
JWZ, March 1999
November 2001
March 2005
Some help from the audience?
Source: xitimonitor.com, Oct ‘07
Firefox 3
Firefox 3
• Based on Gecko 1.9
• Reflow refactoring
• Cairo Graphics Library
• Improvements in memory management
• Passes Acid2
• Beta 1 really soon
Firefox 3: engine update
• Better memory management
• Snappier
• Better standards support, passes Acid 2
• Full page zoom
• Advanced font rendering
• Native form controls
FX3: UI changes
• Visual refresh still to come
• Toolbar rearrange
• Page info redesign
• New download manager
• Visual drag&drop & multiple selections
“The awesome bar”
• Goal: reinvent bookmarks
• Merging history, bookmarks and adding tagging
Mozilla 2: issues we’re trying to solve
• More performance, smaller footprint (running on less powerful platforms)
• Easier to maintain and contribute
• More security
Tools
• DeCOMtamination (rewriting tools to massively update the codebase)
• Tamarin JIT Compiler JS2 engine
Firefox Mobile
• Plans announced October 9th, 2007
• Based on Mozilla 2 (e.g. will take some time, and Firefox 3 will *not* run on your mobile)
• Hired Christian Sejersen (ex-Openwave) and Brad Lassey (FT R&D)
• Leveraging the Firefox brand and XUL technology
Ways to Get Involved
• Use Firefox
• Spread the wordspreadfirefox.com
• Give us feedback
• Write an Add-ondeveloper.mozilla.org
• Become a contributor
[email protected] you very much!
Ideas were shamelessly stolen:from at least the following people:
The Firefox CommunityMike SchroepferChris BeardMike BeltznerDave CampPaul ColtonMike ConnorAsa DotzlerDavid EavesBrendan EichAlex FaaborgMark FinkleJay GoldmanBen GoodgerJohn LillyLarry LessigDeb RichardsonMike ShaverMartin Weinberger
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Thunderbird Future
• Hired David Ascher (formerly with ActiveState)
• Allocated $3MM for creating a Mozilla Foundation 100% subsidiary (codenamed ‘Mailco’)
• Build the community around the future of personal communication
• Medium term: more extensions, built-in Calendaring and task management?
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