{"id":30471,"date":"2017-06-16T21:01:15","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T13:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=30471"},"modified":"2022-07-22T19:59:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T11:59:41","slug":"mozilla-firefox-54-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/mozilla-firefox-54-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox 54 Could Very Well be Mozilla&#8217;s Best Browser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There was a time when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/hidden-firefox-settings\/\">Mozilla\u2019s Firefox browser<\/a> was the <strong>browser of choice<\/strong> for those who refused to use Internet Explorer. Unfortunately for Mozilla, the browser has been <strong>playing second fiddle to Google Chrome<\/strong> since 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the company is looking to <strong>regain the throne that Google took<\/strong> from it with the release of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/13\/faster-better-firefox\/\"><strong>Firefox 54<\/strong><\/a>, and if the company is to be believed, the <strong>latest version of Firefox would be Mozilla\u2019s finest yet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/firefox-optimization-tips\/\">How to Optimize Firefox for Better Performance<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The key to <strong>Firefox 54\u2019s superiority lies in its speed<\/strong>. After years of relying on a single process to run all the tabs in a single browser, Mozilla has finally decided to adopt the \"<strong>multiple process<\/strong>\" technology that browsers like Chrome, Edge, Safari and many others have been using.<\/p>\n<p>Codenamed <strong>Electrolysis or E10s, this technology will allow Firefox 54 to use up to four processes to run web page content across all open tabs<\/strong>. In practice, this would allow Firefox 54 to run faster while crashing less frequently.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/mozilla-firefox-54-updates\/01-runs-faster-less-crashing.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"514\" alt=\"runs faster and less crashing\"><\/figure>\n<p>In addition to better performance, Firefox 54 also has the honor of being the browser that <strong>consumes the least amount of RAM <\/strong>when compared to a number of other browsers running on Windows 10, macOS and Linux. This particular bit of info would be <strong>good news to those who have aging machines<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/mozilla-firefox-54-updates\/02-least-use-of-ram.jpg\" width=\"1431\" height=\"848\" alt=\"using the least of ram\"><\/figure>\n<p>Besides the <strong>major performance boost<\/strong>, Firefox 54 will also be introducing some minor changes to the browser\u2019s features. <strong>A full list of changes can be found <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/54.0\/releasenotes\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/firefox-security-plugins\/\">10 Firefox Add-ons For Safer Browsing Experience<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a time when Mozilla\u2019s Firefox browser was the browser of choice for those who refused to use Internet Explorer. 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