| | Firefox 79 offers a new Promise method, more secure target=_blank links, logical assignment operators, tooling improvements for better JavaScript debugging, nd many other updates of interest to web developers. In addition, shared memory is back at last, with a safer implementation. | | Find Out More |
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Other News
Safely Reviving Shared Memory |
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At Mozilla, we want the web to be capable of running high-performance applications so that users and content authors can choose the safety, agency, and openness of the web platform. Keeping users safe is paramount, which is why shared memory and high-resolution timers were effectively disabled at the start of 2018, in light of Spectre. We've been working on some solutions to make it possible to use shared memory functionality on the web again, safely. (Code Cartoon illustration by Lin Clark)
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| A Look at Password Security, Part III: More secure login protocols |
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| A Browser Plugin for Unity |
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The Mixed Reality team has released a fully-functional prototype of the Servo web browser running inside a Unity plugin. This is an early-stage look into the work, but excitement is high for this kind of solution. Please check out this prototype, share your feedback with the team, and join in on building things with it. We'd love to hear from you.
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How wgpu Was Implemented
wgpu is a native WebGPU implementation in Rust, developed by gfx-rs community with help of Mozilla. This is still an emerging technology, with many and varied users. AS a result, it's been critical to resolve questions of reproducing issues, debugging, and testing the implementation.
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Did You Know?
Separate Cookie Jars for Your Tabs 🍪 |
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The Containers add-on lets you automatically isolate invasive cookie-sniffing websites. It also gives you an easy way to manage multiple logins with color coding. It’s been freshly updated this month with a clean new design.
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Mozilla Joins Partners to Fund RFP for Open Source Digital Infrastructure Research
Mozilla is joining the Ford Foundation, the Sloan Foundation, and the Open Society Foundations to invite interested researchers to apply to an RFP (request for proposals) for research on open source digital infrastructure.
The benefits of digital infrastructure are numerous. These include reducing the cost of setting up new businesses and supporting data-driven discovery across research disciplines. One concrete example is enabling access to important innovations like encryption that would otherwise be too expensive.
The application period opened on July 20, 2020, and will close on September 4, 2020.
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WebXR Hand Tracking Specification Achieves Editors' Draft Status |
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Don't miss the next Compiler Compiler! |
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This interactive series is a guided tour of what it is like to work on the SpiderMonkey compiler and improve conformance with ECMA-262, the JavaScript Specification.
Next session August 7!
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