Mozilla has released Firefox 22, and there are a pair of under-the-hood changes that make the new version a pretty big deal. In addition to landing full-blown WebRTC support, Firefox 22 also includes the awesome OdinMonkey JavaScript optimizer.
With OdinMonkey on board, Firefox users around the globe now have built-in support for web-based apps and games that rival their native counterparts. It?s somewhat similar to Chrome?s Native Client, but OdinMonkey focuses on code compiled using Emscripten. The result is blazing fast performance that makes you forget you?re using a browser.
Sceptical? Try out Mozilla?s Bananabread demo. The 3D world looks fantastic, and the game runs well on fairly modest hardware.
There may not be much to play right now, but game developers will follow soon enough. Mozilla and Epic have already laid the groundwork, by?porting the Unreal 3 engine. That should make it simple enough for games like Infinty Blade and Mass Effect to find their way to your browser.
You?ll still need ?a gaming-ready PC to play them, of course. Just because bigger, better games are coming to your browser doesn?t mean the system requirements will be dropping. That?s easy enough to see in the Bananabread demo. It runs much better on my ballsy workstation than my last-gen Toshiba laptop.
OdinMonkey isn?t just about games, of course. It makes Firefox 22 capable of running ported apps, too, and they should arrive in the near future. As the retail launch of Firefox OS approaches and the Firefox Marketplace fills up, Mozilla?s faithful will have plenty of high-performance apps to pick from.
Where does WebRTC fit in? Communication will no doubt play an important role in many of these apps and games. WebRTC provides a fully open platform that developers can use to deliver experiences like Skype and Ventrilo within their apps.
With these additions, Firefox is better equipped than ever to challenge Chrome for the web app and gaming performance crown. Of course, the Foundation would tell you that it?s not about beating its competitors. It?s about pushing the web forward and providing the best experience possible to Firefox users.
Source: http://www.geek.com/apps/firefox-22-brings-odinmonkey-for-web-gaming-webrtc-for-chat-1560122/
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