o Source link: https://www.zdnet.com/article/tor-browser-gets-a-redesign-switches-to-new-firefox-quantum-engine/\r
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- The Tor Browser has rolled out a new interface with the\r
- release of v8. From a report: The Tor Browser has always been\r
- based on the Firefox codebase, but it lagged behind a few\r
- releases. Mozilla rolled out a major overhaul of the Firefox\r
- codebase in November 2017, with the release of Firefox 57, the\r
- first release in the Firefox Quantum series. Firefox Quantum\r
- came with a new page rendering engine, a new add-ons API, and\r
- a new user interface called the Photon UI. Because these were\r
- major, code-breaking changes, it took the smaller Tor team\r
- some time to integrate all of them into the Tor Browser\r
- codebase and make sure everything worked as intended. The new\r
- Tor Browser 8, released yesterday, is now in sync with the\r
- most recent version of Firefox, the Quantum release, and also\r
- supports all of its features. This means the Tor Browser now\r
- uses the same modern Photon UI that current Firefox versions\r
- use, it supports the same speed-optimized page rendering\r
- engine and has also dropped support for the old XUL-based\r
- add-ons system for the new WebExtensions API system used by\r
- Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi, Brave, and the rest of the Chromium\r
- browsers.\r
+ The Tor Browser has [1]rolled out a new interface with the\r
+ release of v8 . From a report:\r
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+ > The Tor Browser has always been based on the Firefox\r
+ codebase, but it lagged behind a few releases. Mozilla rolled\r
+ out a major overhaul of the Firefox codebase in November 2017,\r
+ with the release of Firefox 57, [2]the first release in the\r
+ Firefox Quantum series . Firefox Quantum came with a new page\r
+ rendering engine, a new add-ons API, and a new user interface\r
+ called the Photon UI. Because these were major, code-breaking\r
+ changes, it took the smaller Tor team some time to integrate\r
+ all of them into the Tor Browser codebase and make sure\r
+ everything worked as intended. The new Tor Browser 8, released\r
+ yesterday, is now in sync with the most recent version of\r
+ Firefox, the Quantum release, and also supports all of its\r
+ features. This means the Tor Browser now uses the same modern\r
+ Photon UI that current Firefox versions use, it supports the\r
+ same speed-optimized page rendering engine and has also\r
+ dropped support for the old XUL-based add-ons system for the\r
+ new WebExtensions API system used by Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi,\r
+ Brave, and the rest of the Chromium browsers.\r
+ \r
+ \r
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+ [1] https://www.zdnet.com/article/tor-browser-gets-a-redesign-\r
+ switches-to-new-firefox-quantum-engine/\r
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+ [2] https://news.slashdot.org/story/17/11/25/1938225/firefox-q-\r
+ uantum-is-better-faster-smarter-than-chrome-says-wired\r
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