TerminX
05-07-2005, 08:34 PM
This is from a Linux user's perspective, but the new features still apply to other platforms:
http://fedoracoreblog.blogspot.com/2005/05/firefox-11-preview.html
Overall performance of loading new pages off the network is somewhat improved, but the improvement is small and might not even be noticeable. One bug that has been fixed in the Linux version of Firefox is the incremental rendering of pages. In Firefox 1.0, pages would not load incrementally on certain pages, due to a bug in the event handling code. So you would wait without seeing anything drawing on your screen until the page completely loaded. This has been fixed in Firefox 1.1. Every page should should load incrementally, except when it is loaded from the new back-and-forward cache.
The feature that you should be looking forward to is the new back and forward cache. Basically, this is a major algorithm change whereby a later representation of the page is cached and displayed, and the browser has to do less work to display the page. This will speed up "back" and "forward" operations dramatically. Another benefit of this cache is that it will avoid loading the page off of the network, further accelerating the back operation. Basically, in Firefox 1.1, most back and forward operations will be sped up dramatically. A patch has been posted in Bugzilla for this feature, and it is on its way to landing on the trunk (which will become Firefox 1.1).
I expect Joe to be quite pleased with the feature I've made bold in the quoted portion of the preview, especially in combination with the board's search function. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
http://fedoracoreblog.blogspot.com/2005/05/firefox-11-preview.html
Overall performance of loading new pages off the network is somewhat improved, but the improvement is small and might not even be noticeable. One bug that has been fixed in the Linux version of Firefox is the incremental rendering of pages. In Firefox 1.0, pages would not load incrementally on certain pages, due to a bug in the event handling code. So you would wait without seeing anything drawing on your screen until the page completely loaded. This has been fixed in Firefox 1.1. Every page should should load incrementally, except when it is loaded from the new back-and-forward cache.
The feature that you should be looking forward to is the new back and forward cache. Basically, this is a major algorithm change whereby a later representation of the page is cached and displayed, and the browser has to do less work to display the page. This will speed up "back" and "forward" operations dramatically. Another benefit of this cache is that it will avoid loading the page off of the network, further accelerating the back operation. Basically, in Firefox 1.1, most back and forward operations will be sped up dramatically. A patch has been posted in Bugzilla for this feature, and it is on its way to landing on the trunk (which will become Firefox 1.1).
I expect Joe to be quite pleased with the feature I've made bold in the quoted portion of the preview, especially in combination with the board's search function. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif