April 2013
3 posts
Desktop Notifications Support!
We support Desktop Notification now: if you want to test them, use that page and a recent Nightly: http://jsbin.com/notification/522/edit
Especially interesting is the way sites must require authorization before to be allowed to use these notifications:
We have now a new Baseline Compiler for SpiderMonkey: it allows us to show significant performance improvement: https://blog.mozilla.org/javascript/2013/04/05/the-baseline-compiler-has-landed/
A network monitor landed in the dev tools of @FirefoxNightly last night. Great work by Victor Porof!
March 2013
14 posts
ES6 `Object.is` is now support by @FirefoxNightly - See http://mzl.la/YkgPGq
Fx Nightly is about to support HiDPI favicon (on HiDPI systems): https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=828508
ES6 Arrow function syntax has landed in @FirefoxNightly: `let square = x => { return x*x; };` Spec: http://is.gd/VsW9oT
Multithreaded image decoding coming to @FirefoxNightly: http://bugzil.la/716140
in @FirefoxNightly: Download progress in app icon in Mac OS X Dock : http://imgur.com/KAHfkt2
asm.js in @FirefoxNightly: https://blog.mozilla.org/luke/2013/03/21/asm-js-in-firefox-nightly/
Parallel JS lands in @FirefoxNightly : http://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2013/03/20/parallel-js-lands/
HTML5 Notifications now supported by @FirefoxNightly - example: http://jsbin.com/notification/1/edit
<input type=”range”> is now supported in @FirefoxNightly
You like @FirefoxNightly updates? Follow @FennecNightly for mobile specific udpates! #plzRT
Paint Flashing in @FirefoxNightly: http://paulrouget.com/e/paintflashing/
First parts of WebComponents are landing in @FirefoxNightly: http://bugzil.la/783129 document.register interface method
Font Inspector in @FirefoxNightly http://paulrouget.com/e/fontinspector/
HTML5 <data> element implemented in @FirefoxNightly : http://bugzil.la/839371
February 2013
12 posts
HTML5 <time> element is now supported by @FirefoxNightly http://bugzil.la/629801
canvas.isPointInStroke is now supported in @FirefoxNightly
Math.imul() (fast 32-bit integer multiplication) is now available in @FirefoxNightly. See http://mzl.la/WjXSS6
Did you know about `window.crypto`? This API now implements `window.crypto.getRandomValues` See http://mzl.la/UpwMdG
FileHandle API is now part of @FirefoxNightly http://mzl.la/15sUhW6
First part of the WebAudio API is landing in @FirefoxNightly: (new AudioContext()).decodeAudioData(…)
For Windows 7 and 8, support for h264 & mp3 is activated by default in @FirefoxNightly
WebRTC is enabled by default in @FirefoxNightly
New in @FirefoxNightly: rotation gesture are supported on osx for standalone images
Metro UI is now available in @FirefoxNightly (some screenshots: http://imgur.com/a/d5feb) (still work in progress)
Keyboard events: Volume Up/Down/Mute support is coming to @FirefoxNightly http://bugzil.la/674739
H.264/AAC/MP3 support now enabled by default in Firefox Nightlies on Windows 7 and later: http://is.gd/OgQwvP
January 2013
13 posts
element <main> is now supported by @FirefoxNightly
Pressing the escape key doesn’t cancel XHRs and Sockets connections anymore if the page is loaded.
canvas.isPointInStroke implemented: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=803124
Math.imul implemented: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Math/imul
The new Download Panel has been enabled in Firefox 20 (Aurora for now). Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/XcJdx.png
The new theme for private windows is now implemented for the all the platforms: (for ex., osx: http://i.imgur.com/dFsM8.png)
Scoped style attribute now supported in @FirefoxNightly demo: http://is.gd/XDrdLc screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/df48b.png
Firefox 20 on Android: memory requirement down to 384MB,customizable homepage,HTML5 context menus support, private browsing
HTML5 “undo history” feature in @FirefoxNightly: spec: http://is.gd/oxxo0G - bug: http://bugzil.la/617532
Fixed in @firefoxnightly: implement mask-type property from CSS Masking http://bugzil.la/793617
Fixed in @FirefoxNightly: implement mask-type property from CSS Masking http://bugzilla/793617
CSS.supports() API in @FirefoxNightly: http://bit.ly/VeySs2 - if (CSS.supports(“display”, “flex”)) {}
CSS transitions are now less jumpy over long time and short distance: http://bugzil.la/663776 (and happy new year!)
December 2012
11 posts
Keep working on free-ing the UI thread: Off main thread image decoding in @FirefoxNightly: http://bugzil.la/716140
Firefox Nightly should now be faster to _shutdown_: Don’t run CC during shutdown: http://bugzil.la/818739
Firefox Development Highlights:Per Window Private Browsing, Canvas globalCompositeOperation new values: http://mzl.la/V7yUVY
h264 (mp4) is now supported in @FirefoxNightly Desktop Windows (turn on windows-media-foundation in about:config)
new DevTools UI has landed in @FirefoxNightly (please test): http://paulrouget.com/e/toolboxTesting/
Firefox Nightly now starts Private-Browsing in a new window without closing the current one(the UI is not 100% complete yet)
In @FirefoxNightly <canvas> compositing with blend modes: http://bugzil.la/748433
JavaScript off-main-thread compilation in @FirefoxNightly: http://bugzil.la/813559 Yeah responsiveness!
