OSX Firefox and Thunderbird Now Using CFRunLoop
It’s been reported that Firefox and Thunderbird for OSX are now using CFRunLoop. What does this mean for OSX users? From Apple’s Website, the claim that CFRunLoop will:
- It makes your program more responsive to the user.
- It reduces your application’s CPU usage.
- It minimizes your application’s working set—the number of code pages loaded in memory at any given time.
- It allows the system to manage power aggressively.


