A Quantum Leap for the Web

Over the past year, our top priority for Firefox was the Electrolysis project to deliver a multi-process browsing experience to users. Running Firefox in multiple processes greatly improves security and performance. This is the largest change we’ve ever made to Firefox, and we’ll be rolling out the first stage of Electrolysis to 100% of Firefox desktop users over the next few months. But, that doe

[Rockridge]

MozillaがQuantumプロジェクトをアナウンスし、2017年中にServo/WebRenderのGeckoへの移植を大きく進めることを宣言した。パフォーマンスのQuantum Leap（飛躍的進歩）を達成するという。開発言語もRustが中心に。脱XUL化へ。

[isdh]

“ Project Quantum is about developing a next-generation engine that will meet the demands of tomorrow’s web by taking full advantage of all the processing power in your modern devices. Quantum starts from Gecko, and replaces major engine components that will benefit most from parallelization, or

[efcl]

Quantumプロジェクトについて

[TsuSUZUKI]

cf. http://internet.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1027501.html , "Rustは並列性に特徴があり、Firefox 48では、Rustで書き直されたメディアパーサが既に組み込まれていた。"