There is no doubt that Firefox is growing by leaps and bounds , and above all, they have accelerated the pace with each new version. Many users have been fascinated with version 57, better known as Quantum.
Among the plans that the Firefox development team has for the new version they are working on, they have revealed some of the most important aspects that will be included in their next release.
In this new version, as previously planned, there was support for progressive web applications ; for those who are still unfamiliar with this concept, I will explain a little about it.
PWAs, or as I mentioned, Progressive Web Apps, are applications created with responsive design frameworks . The goal of these PWAs is to have an application that can work in a way that is as similar as possible to a native application.
The idea conveyed by this definition is:
- That it has the highest possible performance on mobiles and that it charges almost instantaneously
- A good interface that looks as close as possible to a native one
- The ability to work offline
- Be able to send notifications to users, like a native app
On the other hand, another piece of news we have for Firefox 58 is the browser's support for the FLAC audio codec.
Although from a personal point of view the latter must have happened for quite some time, with the arrival of streaming services, the compatibility of browsers with various audio and video codecs must be up to date.
At the moment we can get this new version of Firefox in its beta version, it is expected that it will be polished and stable until next year so we are really weeks away from its launch.
Without further ado, we are waiting for what the development team has planned for the direction of the browser.