On October 14, 2011, Firefox leaders decided to replace their historic XUL technology, effectively changing the interface on Android phones. Why? "Firefox on Android is a critical part of supporting the open Web, and this decision puts us in a position to build the best Firefox possible," says Mozilla’s Director of Firefox Engineering Johnathan Nightingale. Effectively they are trying to change the way that Firefox loads and runs on Android phones. According to a press release from Firefox, they are only changing the user interface of the browser, but are leaving the “behind the scenes” Gecko engine for processing website data. Another thing that Mozilla hopes to change is the startup speed. When ratings for browsers are released, startup time is always included in the recorded data. Historically, Firefox has fallen behind in this category, but things are changing. It is also possible that add-ons will be included in this new version of Firefox, but it is very unclear what exactly is going to happen in this update. According to Nightingale, "By the end of next week, we will have a clearer outline of the work ahead.”
The release date is still unknown, but it has been announced that the update will not be any of the products currently in testing. Firefox is starting from scratch. Let’s see what happens.
Beck Goodloe
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