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• Opus audio codec version 1.2 released

  The Opus audio codec just got another major upgrade with the release of version 1.2, bringing many speech and music quality improvements, especially at low bitrates.

  Posted June 26, 2017 by Jean-Marc Valin

• An inside look at Quantum DOM Scheduling

  Scheduling is a significant piece of Project Quantum, which focuses on making Firefox more responsive, especially when lots of tabs are open. In this article, we describe problems we identified in multi-tab browsing, the solutions we figured out, the current status of Quantum DOM, and opportunities for contribution to the ...

  Posted June 23, 2017 by Bevis Tseng

• Powerful New Additions to the CSS Grid Inspector in Firefox Nightly

  CSS Grid is revolutionizing web design. It’s a flexible, simple design standard that can be used across all browsers and devices. That's why we built CSS Grid Inspector. We’ve been working hard on the Firefox Developer Tools Layout panel, adding powerful new features to the Grid Inspector and Box Model. ...

  Posted June 22, 2017 by Gabriel Luong

• Designing for performance: A data-informed approach for Quantum development

  When we announced Project Quantum last October, we talked about how users would benefit from our focus on “performance gains…that will be so noticeable that your entire web experience will feel different.” We shipped the first significant part of this in Firefox 53, and continue to work on the engineering ...

  Posted June 21, 2017 by Dominik Strohmeier

• Hacking on the Network Monitor Developer Tool (Part 2)

  In the previous post, Network Monitor Reloaded, we walked through the reasoning for refactoring the Network Monitor tool. We also learned that using web standards for building Dev Tools enables us to running them in different environments – loaded either within the Firefox Developer Toolbox or within a browser tab ...

  Posted June 15, 2017 by Jan Honza Odvarko