putting a stake in the ground
Performance matters more than ever in the browser space, and even as the Web grows up and gets bigger we need to continue to push harder on getting smaller and faster. New tools and frameworks continue to evolve and provide more fodder for the performance team to chew on, and we’re going to do our part even as we continue to push on innovation in the browser. As a result, the Firefox team is going to put a really big stake in the ground on performance, with the bulk of the focus on cleaning up our own house.
We’re starting with three straightforward goals:
* Cut app overhead on pageload by 50% against Firefox 2.
* Improve Txul
* Improve Ts (overall app startup time) performance by 10% against Firefox 2.
Also:
As some of you know, there's been an effort ongoing for a couple of years to come up with a re-design of the Spread Firefox project. There's a lot of history (too much) to go into all of it, but a while back Ian Hayward posted a call to action for building a new Spread Firefox.
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