Firefox 3 is built primarily using Cocoa
June 17th, 2008, Hedi Regaya | View Comments
Yes, this new release of Firefox is amazing!
Firefox 3 will bring many changes for all Mac users (mostly good), as this is the first release of Firefox that is built primarily using Cocoa for the underlying Gecko 1.9 engine (a project that’s been in the works for years). Along with better redraw speed (CoreGraphics vs. the older QuickDraw API) and improved memory handling, the new engine provides the groundwork for a pure-Cocoa, 64-bit clean version of Firefox in the future. Firefox 3′s UI is more Maclike now, with Aqua-style widgets improving the view.
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