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0 pointsSantosh838y ago0 comments

Agree about marketing. Mozilla needs to get the word out to those who don't follow the tech scene in any way, shape or form. That's the real challenge, but there also lie the bulk of its potential user base. Not sure exactly how they can do that without resorting to annoying, almost sleazy stuff that Google do (like bundling their browser with many other s/w and OEM system builders)...

Quantum... I like to think of 57 and beyond as a quantum leap from before. They did after all let go of XUL overnight, and people do praise its speed overnight. :-)

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Crespyl8y ago

> quantum leap from before

So, the smallest possible leap? :P

I like to think that it's loosely related to the multithreaded work-stealing features, breaking as much as possible up into "quanta" of work to be grabbed by the next available thread.

It's a decently memorable codename in any case, and works well enough for that purpose.

Rusky8y ago

I think of it less as "the smallest possible" and more as just "one indivisible unit"- going from 56 to 57 without rewriting the style system in Rust would be a long and probably impossible task.

Manishearth8y ago

"quantum" doesn't mean "small".

"quantum leap" means an abrupt, large, leap.

See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quantum_leap

ehsanu18y ago

It's a joke. A quantum leap is what you say, but a quantum in physics is all about being the smallest discrete unit of some physical property such as energy.

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