Articles by Anne van Kesteren
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Safely reviving shared memory
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. Shared-memory multi-threading is an essential low-level building block for high-performance applications. However, 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. Until now...
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Upcoming notification permission changes in Firefox 72
Earlier this year we decided to reduce the amount of unsolicited notification permission prompts people receive as they move around the web using the Firefox browser. This is an intrinsic part of Mozilla's commitment to putting people first when they are online. In preparation, we ran a series of studies and experiments to understand how to improve the user experience and reduce annoyance. Now we're making some changes to the workflow for how sites ask users for permission to send them notifications.
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Mozilla and Web Components: Update
Editor’s note: Mozilla has a long history of participating in standards development. The post below shows a real-time slice of how standards are debated and adopted. The goal is to update developers who are most affected by implementation decisions we make in Firefox. We are particularly interested in getting feedback from JavaScript library and framework […]
