i Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:30PM (msmash)\r
i from the for-the-record dept.\r
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-i The Tor Browser has rolled out a new interface with the\r
-i release of v8. From a report: The Tor Browser has always been\r
-i based on the Firefox codebase, but it lagged behind a few\r
-i releases. Mozilla rolled out a major overhaul of the Firefox\r
-i codebase in November 2017, with the release of Firefox 57, the\r
-i first release in the Firefox Quantum series. Firefox Quantum\r
-i came with a new page rendering engine, a new add-ons API, and\r
-i a new user interface called the Photon UI. Because these were\r
-i major, code-breaking changes, it took the smaller Tor team\r
-i some time to integrate all of them into the Tor Browser\r
-i codebase and make sure everything worked as intended. The new\r
-i Tor Browser 8, released yesterday, is now in sync with the\r
-i most recent version of Firefox, the Quantum release, and also\r
-i supports all of its features. This means the Tor Browser now\r
-i uses the same modern Photon UI that current Firefox versions\r
-i use, it supports the same speed-optimized page rendering\r
-i engine and has also dropped support for the old XUL-based\r
-i add-ons system for the new WebExtensions API system used by\r
-i Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi, Brave, and the rest of the Chromium\r
-i browsers.\r
+i The Tor Browser has [1]rolled out a new interface with the\r
+i release of v8 . From a report:\r
+i \r
+i > The Tor Browser has always been based on the Firefox\r
+i codebase, but it lagged behind a few releases. Mozilla rolled\r
+i out a major overhaul of the Firefox codebase in November 2017,\r
+i with the release of Firefox 57, [2]the first release in the\r
+i Firefox Quantum series . Firefox Quantum came with a new page\r
+i rendering engine, a new add-ons API, and a new user interface\r
+i called the Photon UI. Because these were major, code-breaking\r
+i changes, it took the smaller Tor team some time to integrate\r
+i all of them into the Tor Browser codebase and make sure\r
+i everything worked as intended. The new Tor Browser 8, released\r
+i yesterday, is now in sync with the most recent version of\r
+i Firefox, the Quantum release, and also supports all of its\r
+i features. This means the Tor Browser now uses the same modern\r
+i Photon UI that current Firefox versions use, it supports the\r
+i same speed-optimized page rendering engine and has also\r
+i dropped support for the old XUL-based add-ons system for the\r
+i new WebExtensions API system used by Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi,\r
+i Brave, and the rest of the Chromium browsers.\r
+i \r
+i \r
+i \r
+i [1] https://www.zdnet.com/article/tor-browser-gets-a-redesign-\r
+i switches-to-new-firefox-quantum-engine/\r
+i \r
+i [2] https://news.slashdot.org/story/17/11/25/1938225/firefox-q-\r
+i uantum-is-better-faster-smarter-than-chrome-says-wired\r
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