Mozilla announced that it would be the first to leave a browser DirectX 11, making the shadow of Microsoft presentation last week.

IE9

Microsoft has made about him when he announced that Internet Explorer 9 in Direct2D would DirectWrite and to accelerate the rendering of web page (see "Microsoft Announces Silverlight 4, Office 2010, IE9). Mozilla has nevertheless struck hard by saying that he also worked on this technology since a long time and it should overtake Microsoft.

Firefox

In any case what Chris Blizzard announced an official from Mozilla, on his Twitter account. The company nevertheless refused to give a precise date of launch. In short, it is not that this feature comes with Firefox 3.7 that is scheduled for the first half of 2010.

This technology allows passing through the graphics card performance for web pages. Direct2D replaces GDI formerly used on XP and provides more control over the elements on the page and font smoother.

This is the second project of Mozilla using the power of the GPU, the firm also working on a browser for mobile devices leveraging the OpenGL and platforms for Tegra.