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* Simplify the Mozilla codebase to make it smaller, faster, and easier to approach and maintain. | * Simplify the Mozilla codebase to make it smaller, faster, and easier to approach and maintain. | ||
* Take advantage of standard C++ features and fast paths instead of XPCOM and ad hoc code. | * Take advantage of standard C++ features and fast paths instead of XPCOM and ad hoc code. | ||
* Implement [http://ecmascript | * Implement [http://www.ecmascript.org/ JS2] on top of [[Tamarin]] via [[JavaScript:ActionMonkey|ActionMonkey]]. | ||
* Optimization including JIT compilation for JS2 with very fast DOM access and low memory costs. | * Optimization including JIT compilation for JS2 with very fast DOM access and low memory costs. | ||
* Tool-time and runtime enforcement of important safety properties including memory safety and confidentiality properties for both XUL and the Web. | * Tool-time and runtime enforcement of important safety properties including memory safety and confidentiality properties for both XUL and the Web. | ||
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* We won't bring up Mozilla 2 on mobile devices (but volunteers are welcome to port early and often; Mozilla 2 will fit on such devices much more easily than Mozilla 1 code does). | * We won't bring up Mozilla 2 on mobile devices (but volunteers are welcome to port early and often; Mozilla 2 will fit on such devices much more easily than Mozilla 1 code does). | ||
The goals boil down to competing more effectively with ourselves, with [http://webkit.org Webkit], and even with IE and Opera, for all three of the Web, XUL (or equivalent "widget" or "rich client platform" comparable), and C++ embeddable HTML rendering engine platforms. We should aspire to beat the competition on major time, space, and ease-of-use axes, not just show or place. | The goals boil down to competing more effectively with ourselves, with [http://webkit.org/ Webkit], and even with IE and Opera, for all three of the Web, XUL (or equivalent "widget" or "rich client platform" comparable), and C++ embeddable HTML rendering engine platforms. We should aspire to beat the competition on major time, space, and ease-of-use axes, not just show or place. | ||
=== Ongoing Work === | === Ongoing Work === | ||
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The goals are ambitious, and unrealistic without new tools and approaches to the code. Here are some of the major levers we use to move mountains. | The goals are ambitious, and unrealistic without new tools and approaches to the code. Here are some of the major levers we use to move mountains. | ||
* Moz2 uses [http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/ Mercurial] for version control | * Moz2 uses [http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/ Mercurial] for version control | ||
* [[Pork]] tool suite contains the source rewriting tools. | * [[Pork]] tool suite contains the source rewriting tools. | ||