Firefox 4 Hardware Acceleration

[Evil_Bert]

Looks like we're finally going to get accelerated graphics/video in Firefox 4 for Linux:

http://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/09/hardware-acceleration/

And it seems Micro$oft are up to there usual tricks ...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09..._acceleration/

[MorphingDragon]

Originally Posted by Evil_Bert

Looks like we're finally going to get accelerated graphics/video in Firefox 4 for Linux:

http://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/09/hardware-acceleration/

And it seems Micro$oft are up to there usual tricks ...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09..._acceleration/

We all know thats a load of bolocks, point aside everything in Mac OSX using Cocoa has hardware acceleration due to Core Image.

[droidhacker]

I think that the phrase "hardware acceleration" is starting to run out.... since nothing really qualifies as hardware acceleration any more. You have a GPU that is programmed to perform certain tasks. It is STILL processing a set of instructions in virtually the same way that a CPU does -- it just performs a certain type of functions a lot more efficiently.... just like the CPU performs certain functions more efficiently than a GPU.

So hardware acceleration... amounts to processing the data on the kind of processor most suitable for processing that kind of data? Heterogeneous processors will throw a wrench into any kind of "hardware acceleration. Reduces the GPU to a specialized block within a processor... in much the same way as a math co-processor is no longer recognized as being particularly distinct from the main CPU.

[MorphingDragon]

Originally Posted by droidhacker

I think that the phrase "hardware acceleration" is starting to run out.... since nothing really qualifies as hardware acceleration any more.

Ignorance must be bliss.

you'll also find in firefox4 there is a Newer Remember password account Manager, you may see that new feature in B6, . the Reload Button is right near the Star button now in the location bar. also when you used to hover over a link you used to see that URL link appear on the statusbar, thats been moved into the Location bar now. you'll see what i mean if you test nightlies of B7