{"id":9,"date":"2017-04-20T21:14:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T21:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/newsletter-archive\/?p=9"},"modified":"2017-05-04T21:22:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T21:22:38","slug":"behind-the-scenes-with-firefox-53-plus-big-dev-edition-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/newsletter-archive\/2017\/04\/20\/behind-the-scenes-with-firefox-53-plus-big-dev-edition-news\/","title":{"rendered":"April 20, 2017: Behind-the-scenes with Firefox 53, plus big Dev Edition news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Firefox 53: Quantum Compositor, Compact Themes, CSS Masks, and More<\/a><\/h2>\n

Today\u2019s release of Firefox includes the first significant piece of Project Quantum, as well as various visible and the under-the-hood improvements.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re building a next-generation browser engine that takes full advantage of modern hardware, and shipping one of the first important pieces of this effort \u2013 what we\u2019ve referred to as the \u201cQuantum Compositor\u201d.
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\nRead about what’s new in Firefox 53<\/a><\/p>\n


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\n Other News
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Simplifying Firefox Release Channels and Improving Developer Edition\u2019s Stability<\/h3>\n


\nRead about what’s changing in pre-release versions of Firefox >>
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Replace Bootstrap Layouts with CSS Grid<\/h3>\n


\nSee what it takes to replace an existing grid framework with CSS Grid >>
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Hacking & Contributing to Servo On Windows<\/h3>\n


\nWhy running Servo on Windows was so complicated… and how it’s now so simple >>
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\ud83d\udca1 DevTools: Did you know?<\/h3>\n

The Memory tool lets you take a snapshot of the current tab’s memory heap. It then provides a number of views of the heap that can show you which objects account for memory usage and exactly where in your code you are allocating memory
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\nRead more about the Memory tool >>
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On MDN<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Drawing graphics, from the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) language, to APIs for drawing on HTML <canvas> elements
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    2. Just getting started? Check out common questions about the web
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    3. Want to search MDN from your address bar? We have an add-on for that!
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