{"id":5421,"date":"2013-01-08T09:27:10","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T16:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=5421"},"modified":"2014-04-24T15:38:58","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T22:38:58","slug":"firefox-makes-web-games-and-apps-speedier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2013\/01\/08\/firefox-makes-web-games-and-apps-speedier\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox Makes Web Games and Apps Speedier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Firefox\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/javascript\/2012\/09\/12\/ionmonkey-in-firefox-18\/\">new JavaScript compiler, IonMonkey, <\/a>makes Web apps and games perform up to 25 percent faster. To see how exciting Firefox makes playing games or using apps on the Web, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/demos\/detail\/bananabread\">BananaBread<\/a>, a fun 3D Web game created by the Mozilla Developer Network and powered exclusively by HTML5, WebGL and JavaScript.<\/p>\n<p>Firefox also supports high-resolution Retina Display for Mac users to make your Web experience sharper when watching movies, playing games and browsing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/08\/firefox-makes-web-games-and-apps-speedier\/firefox18-retina\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5437\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5437\" alt=\"firefox18-retina\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/files\/2013\/01\/firefox18-retina-600x431.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/files\/2013\/01\/firefox18-retina-600x431.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/files\/2013\/01\/firefox18-retina-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/files\/2013\/01\/firefox18-retina.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Firefox for Android <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/privacy\/2013\/01\/08\/search-suggestions-for-firefox-for-android-another-example-of-mozillas-approach-to-privacy-by-design\/\">offers search suggestions<\/a> as you type to make it easier to find what you are looking for on the Web. When you start typing into the Awesome Bar, Firefox will ask you if you\u2019d like to opt-in to search suggestions. Search suggestions are conducted over a secure connection to protect your user data.<\/p>\n<p>Firefox for Android also adds new phishing and malware features to protect users from malicious websites.Firefox for Android warns users when they encounter websites that may be used for malware or phishing to protect users from malicious websites.<\/p>\n<p>For more information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Download Firefox for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/firefox\/fx\/#desktop\">Windows, Mac, Linux<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox&amp;referrer=utm_source%3DMozilla%26utm_medium%3DWebBlog%26utm_campaign%3Dblogpost-mobile-downloadlink-20121811\">Android<\/a><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Detailed<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/firefox\/18.0\/releasenotes\/\"> release notes for Firefox for for Windows, Mac and Linux<\/a><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Detailed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/mobile\/18.0\/releasenotes\/\">release notes for Firefox for Android<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firefox\u2019s new JavaScript compiler, IonMonkey, makes Web apps and games perform up to 25 percent faster. To see how exciting Firefox makes playing games or using apps on the Web, &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2013\/01\/08\/firefox-makes-web-games-and-apps-speedier\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Firefox Makes Web Games and Apps Speedier  - The Mozilla Blog (Archived)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2013\/01\/08\/firefox-makes-web-games-and-apps-speedier\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mozilla\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2013\/01\/08\/firefox-makes-web-games-and-apps-speedier\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2013\/01\/08\/firefox-makes-web-games-and-apps-speedier\/\",\"name\":\"Firefox Makes Web Games and Apps Speedier - 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