The future of browsing – Minefield

28 October 2008 by Gunthy
Filed under Software

As the newest stable release from the Mozilla Foundation is only a couple of months old, they are already releasing an alpha version of its successor, codename ‘Minefield‘ .

While this release is far from finished, it’s already gaining popularity on the web. One of the most amazing things about it is its speed. With what is reported to be fastest javascript-engine of the world, it’s even leaving Google’s Chrome browser behind by 10%.

Of course there are a few drawbacks. Not all your plugins will be supported, but a lot of them already seem to work. Since this is an alpha release, it’s bound to have some bugs, although no huge problems have been reported so far. A plus to counter these is that installing this version does not affect your current Firefox installation, so you can happily run both next to each other.

All in all, for this stage in the development, I’m very impressed. In fact, I’m considering replacing my usual Firefox 3.0 with this one for my day-to-day use. If you’re tired of slow browsing, give this newest Mozilla-child a chance!

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