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WebAssembly: Firefox is first major browser to support game changer

article published on 7 March, 2017

In time, WebAssembly will deliver significant improvements for in-browser high performance apps, such as video games, CAD or complex interactive visualizations. WebAssembly allows web apps to achieve near-native performance in the browser without the need to install any additional third party extensions or plugins. Modern web apps are a long way away from the simple Javascript code of ... [ read the full article ]

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Jemborg
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_ 		9. March 2017 @ 21:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
How does this reflect on browser security?
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_ 		9. March 2017 @ 23:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm sure security was a concern but it is still a new vector.

I'm actually looking forward to this once it is a bit ironed out...although maybe not for what they intended. Supposedly you can put in code written for one platform and get web apps that work with all platforms. If it actually works, this could mean Linux would be viable for people who are currently stuck on Windows because the apps they use for work and the games they use for relaxation are all Windows-only.

Right now there is a sort of catch 22...not enough people use linux because the software and games are just not up to the level of those on Windows...and developers don't port to Linux because there are not enough users. This could end all that.
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_ 		10. March 2017 @ 00:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Maybe, I still find Linux a bit painful. Just updating on Linux is baffling. Maybe that would all get worked out with it being more popular. Dunno. I'm not holding my breath.

Wonder how this will go with Waterfox 64bit?, which is what I use.
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Originally posted by Jemborg:
 Maybe, I still find Linux a bit painful. Just updating on Linux is baffling. Maybe that would all get worked out with it being more popular. Dunno. I'm not holding my breath.

Wonder how this will go with Waterfox 64bit?, which is what I use.

None of the Mozilla family of browsers other than Firefox are likely to support it, at least at 1st. Most, if not all of them operate on their own fully individual fork of the Mozilla open-source release, not from recent Firefox builds ^^' .
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Jemborg
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_ 		11. March 2017 @ 04:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I suppose by the time it becomes something Waterfox will accommodate it. Else I could move over to FF 64bit.
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