Mozilla to Firefox: 'Browser, heal thyself'

摘要

Mozilla has added more social media connections to Firefox 21, tweaked the Do Not Track privacy setting, and rolled out a new tool that, long term, aims to create a self-healing browser. A new feature called Firefox Health Report (FHR) collects information - speed of startup, number of crashes, number of add-ons and plug-ins - and displays the data to give users a better understanding of Firefox's performance. FHR is in its early stages, but Mozilla has ambitious plans for the tool. "In many cases, we will be able to detect [problems] before they get out of hand, and your browser can start healing itself," said Johnathan Nightingale, Mozilla's vice president of Firefox engineering.