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   Firefox 15.0

   Agen G. N. Schmitz

   Mozilla has released [1]Firefox 15, which is highlighted by
   improvements to how the Web browser handles certain third-party add-ons
   to reduce memory usage. As noted in a Mozilla [2]blog post, the most
   common cause of memory leaks is 'when an add-on accidentally holds on
   to extra copies of a Web site in memory after (the) user has closed the
   tab.' The new release detects when an add-on is piling up pages ' and
   memory ' and subsequently stops this process and recaptures the leaked
   memory.

   Firefox 15 also promises an improved 3D gaming environment with
   smoother animations thanks to an improved JavaScript engine and native
   support for compressed textures in WebGL, plus high precision timing
   for responsiveness within thousandths of a millisecond. Other changes
   include a new JavaScript Debugger added to the developer toolset,
   native support for the Opus audio codec, support for SPDY networking
   protocol v3, and Maithili language localization. Finally, Firefox 15
   introduces silent background updating, which will download and install
   improvements and then implement those changes the next time you launch
   the Web browser. (Free, 32.6 MB, [3]release notes)

References

   1. http://www.mozilla.org/firefox/fx/#desktop
   2. http://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2012/08/28/more-on-firefox-memory-improvements/
   3. http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/15.0/releasenotes/

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