Firefox 51 To Enable WebGL 2 By Default, FLAC Audio, Skia Content Rendering On Linux

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Firefox 51 To Enable WebGL 2 By Default, FLAC Audio, Skia Content Rendering On Linux

With Firefox 50 having been released this week, Mozilla put Firefox 51 in beta...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Firefox-51-Beta

[oooverclocker]

Flac! :d

[CrystalGamma]

I'm surprised Firefox didn't have FLAC for ages already, though I guess Nightly (which I use) probably did.

[bug77]

I'm surprised Firefox didn't have FLAC for ages already, though I guess Nightly (which I use) probably did.

It's not like the net is full of FLAC sources, so it's understandable this wasn't high priority.

[Azrael5]

Finally! Excellent choice. I hope for native webgl api also in windows operating systems.

[eydee]

It should be renamed to GoogleGL. Pretty much nothing but Google uses it.

[dxxvi]

Does that mean Firefox 51 will play slither.io (a 2D javascript/canvas, maybe, game) better than Firefox 50 does?

[bug77]

It should be renamed to GoogleGL. Pretty much nothing but Google uses it.

AJAX was also used exclusively by Google while the others (*cough*Microsoft*cough*) couldn't figure out what to do with it.

[caligula]

I'm surprised Firefox didn't have FLAC for ages already, though I guess Nightly (which I use) probably did.

What's the status with mp3 support? The patents have apparently expired now that Fedora is enabling it.

[timofonic]

Welcome to Google Firefox...