Author:
Cezar Renta
Mar 6th, 2009
Mozilla announced recently that their next browser, the Firefox 3.1 will be promoted to the 3.5 version. The main reason behind this promotion is that the next TraceMonkey eangine behind Firefox is a huge addition to the browser, which will bring Firefox to the next level. The 3.1 version didn’t pointed that out very well, as Mozilla states, so jumping directly to the 3.5 version is actually an underline of what’s to come.
If you don’t know what TraceMonkey is, well, let’s say it will make most browsers seem like little girls lost in a train station. TraceMonkey is Mozilla’s new JavaScript engine which, according to several comparative tests, jumps way ahead in the charts. It will remain to be seen if Mozilla addresses all the issues but it’s almost a known fact that Firefox 3.5 will break the ice, melt it and swim in it.
Meanwhile, you can try the Firefox 3.1 beta, for some TraceMonkey action
