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Agree about marketing. Mozilla needs to get the word out to those who don't follow the tech scene in any way, shape or form. That's the real challenge, but ther

Agree about marketing. Mozilla needs to get the word out to those who don't follow the tech scene in any way, shape or form. That's the real challenge, but there also lie the bulk of its potential user base. Not sure exactly how they can do that without resorting to annoying, almost sleazy stuff that Google do (like bundling their browser with many other s/w and OEM system builders)... Quantum... I like to think of 57 and beyond as a quantum leap from before. They did after all let go of XUL overnight, and people do praise its speed overnight. :-)

Crespyl 9y ago
> quantum leap from before So, the smallest possible leap? :P I like to think that it's loosely related to the multithreaded work-stealing features, breaking as much as possible up into "quanta" of work to be grabbed by the next available thread. It's a decently memorable codename in any case, and works well enough for that purpose.
- Rusky 9y ago
  I think of it less as "the smallest possible" and more as just "one indivisible unit"- going from 56 to 57 without rewriting the style system in Rust would be a long and probably impossible task.
- Manishearth 9y ago
  "quantum" doesn't mean "small". "quantum leap" means an abrupt, large, leap. See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quantum_leap https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quantum_leap
  - ehsanu1 9y ago
    It's a joke. A quantum leap is what you say, but a quantum in physics is all about being the smallest discrete unit of some physical property such as energy.
    - Manishearth 9y ago
      Right, but it doesn't mean "small", some quanta are quite large.
      - ehsanu1 9y ago
        I agree, not small (seems subjective), but still the smallest! The smallest leap is probably not very large :D
        Manishearth 9y ago
        No, a quantum leap is any abrupt leap between any two energy levels (i.e. you can span multiple), it characterizes the abruptness, not the size. IIRC the term's usage in English derives both from the fact that it is an abrupt leap, and also from the radical change to physics brought forth by quantum mechanics.

Crespyl 9y ago

> quantum leap from before So, the smallest possible leap? :P I like to think that it's loosely related to the multithreaded work-stealing features, breaking as much as possible up into "quanta" of work to be grabbed by the next available thread. It's a decently memorable codename in any case, and works well enough for that purpose.

Rusky 9y ago
I think of it less as "the smallest possible" and more as just "one indivisible unit"- going from 56 to 57 without rewriting the style system in Rust would be a long and probably impossible task.
Manishearth 9y ago
"quantum" doesn't mean "small". "quantum leap" means an abrupt, large, leap. See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quantum_leap https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quantum_leap
- ehsanu1 9y ago
  It's a joke. A quantum leap is what you say, but a quantum in physics is all about being the smallest discrete unit of some physical property such as energy.
  - Manishearth 9y ago
    Right, but it doesn't mean "small", some quanta are quite large.
    - ehsanu1 9y ago
      I agree, not small (seems subjective), but still the smallest! The smallest leap is probably not very large :D
      - Manishearth 9y ago
        No, a quantum leap is any abrupt leap between any two energy levels (i.e. you can span multiple), it characterizes the abruptness, not the size. IIRC the term's usage in English derives both from the fact that it is an abrupt leap, and also from the radical change to physics brought forth by quantum mechanics.