Firefox Quantum is now available for download and offers important improvements, such as faster page loading and consumption of 30% less RAM compared to Chrome.

New Firefox update, in this case to implement Firefox Quantum, the browser update that reduces load times and resource consumption. Mozilla has made significant improvements to the browser, which also receives a new name and a redesigned aesthetic, with an improved rendering engine that adds significant improvements. We can summarize the improvements in that it is more than twice as fast as Firefox 52 thanks to the fact that it takes advantage of all the processor cores and also consumes 30% less RAM than its competitor, Google Chrome.

Servo, which is how the new rendering engine is called, significantly reduces response times thanks to the use of parallel processes, which allows faster loading of pages, making animations go more fluid and allowing interaction in real time. Servo, with respect to Gecko, allows to reduce consumption, something very interesting in laptops and smartphones, which will see how charging times are improved and autonomy is also improved.

“Engines are important, both in cars and in navigators. Which is why we are a bit on the go this morning, we are launching the Beta of a new Firefox that is powered by a completely reinvented and modernized engine that version number 57 cannot really convey the magnitude of the changes we have made, and how much faster. this new Firefox, which we christened Firefox Quantum. "

Firefox stands out from Quantum, which greatly improves speed over other browsers. They assure that we will notice an improvement in the speed of access to the portals. According to the Speedometer 2.0 benchmark software, the Quantum browser is twice as fast as Firefox 52. The fact, in addition to taking advantage of all the cores, makes the load faster on computers, tablets and smartphones, especially the most modern ones. Not only that, Firefox has implemented a new CSS engine that allows parallel executions through multiple processor cores.

Quantum also has a special optimization system inside the browser, so that it works faster and downloads faster if there are other tabs running in the background. What the browser does is prioritize the active tab, reducing RAM usage by 30% compared to Chrome.