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We have just released Aurora 9 ( download and test Aurora 9 ), which is planned to be the upcoming Firefox 9. In it, we have a number of new things that we hope will get you excited!
JavaScript Type Inference
We've improved JavaScript performance once again with type inference. We've made significant improvements on both the V8 and Kraken benchmarks, and you should see real-world improvements to JavaScript performance as well.
JavaScript Interface for Do Not Track
First idea was to publish these posts on a regular schedule, but I've realized now it will be when I have enough good links (and time . Tons of links now, so, here goes - another issue of Robert's read!
Tip: remember, you can always find all my reading suggestions in the Robert's read category
Robert's read for September 30th 2011
Here are the links from the latest two weeks:
SlideShare moves to HTML5 from Flash
How to help your parents, minimal effort needed
…Twitter as @ robhawkes .
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The makeup of the Open Web stack - Comprehensive & accurate listing of the APIs & specs by David Storey
If you want to read more tips or discuss the web with Robert, he's available on Twitter as @ robertnyman .
The web is for the people, and I believe the web is the most important medium we have. Recently, there has been some discussion about the web vs. other platforms, so I'd like to present my thoughts.
What caught my attention was two blog posts: The web is a different problem by John Allsopp and Web Technologies Need an Owner by Joe Hewitt . The discussion is about the web as a platform, what kind of progress people believe it makes or not, and how things should …
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BrowserID demo from the Mozilla All-Hands - Identity on the web At the Mozilla All Hands last week, BrowserID was demoed and described in more detail, and the goals and ideas for it.
If you want to read more tips or discuss the web with Robert, he's available on Twitter as @ robertnyman .
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Brendan Eich on Ecma TC39, JavaScript.next, and Google Dash - Brendan Eich discusses the future of JavaScript and thoughts on the Google Dash/Dart initative
If you want to read more tips or discuss the web with Robert, he's available on Twitter as @ robertnyman .
I took a little hiatus last week from posting Robert's read, but now it's back with lots of good links!
Tip: remember, you can always find all my reading suggestions in the Robert's read category
Robert's read for September 10th 2011
Here are the links from the latest two weeks:
Help The Community: Report Browser Bugs
Mozilla Hacks Weekly, September 8th 2011
ievms - Automate free IE7-9 virtual machine installs on Max OS X and Linux
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Patternizer - HTML5 canvas stripe generator Great tool to use the canvas element to generate backgrounds with compelling patterns.
If you want to read more tips or discuss the web with Robert, he's available on Twitter as @ robertnyman .
Stormy Peters
Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue? This article fascinated me. Making decisions takes energy and if you are low on energy, you'll make snap decisions or do nothing at all. Think …
Firefinder and Inline Code Finder updated to work with the latest Firebug versions Published on Monday, September 5, 2011
As part of making it easier to develop and analyze web pages, I previously released two extensions for Firebug: Firefinder and Inline Code Finder . I'm happy say they are now updated and are working with the latest versions of Firefox and Firebug!
The reason they stopped working was that Firebug changed its API from version 1.8 in …
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What came before WebSockets? A good overlook of both options and struggles we had before Web Sockets came to be.
If you want to read more tips or discuss the web with Robert, he's available on Twitter as @ robertnyman .
Stormy Peters
Cory Doctorow discusses how Google Plus is requiring us all to think about identity . Google says because they require real names, they are an identity providing service. I encourage them to …
