April 2012
27 posts
DOM3 Events: Mouse Events get a getModifierState() and a way to access buttons state! https://t.co/3mDATek4
DOM3 Events: the modifier (CAPS, CTRL, …) state can be checked on KeyboardEvent: modifierState() is there. https://t.co/jAa1r4s5
<font> size attribute can now take integer values outside [-10, 10]. These values are considered to be -10 or 10. https://t.co/cBuqYLzc
New (much faster) mutation events: FIXED http://t.co/YqgznFjL
New API in @FirefoxNightly: Pointer Lock API. Doc: https://t.co/GHZibbQM Bug: http://t.co/NUqFcZ1C
From now all new things in Firefox Nightly will appear in Firefox 15 (or later).
DOM HTMLProgressElement class is no more an HTMLFormElement (but an HTMLElement). https://t.co/XsKC0M4Q
The identity button has been redesigned
As part of the Australis project, the identity button has been redesigned. The favicon has been changed to show an icon describing the connection used:
The page is served unencrypted (http).
The page is served encrypted (via https) but some of its content comes from unencrypted servers.
The page and its content is served encrypted (and the server uses a CV certificate).
The page and its...
An API with callback aimed at replacing the deprecated MutationEvents is now in Nightly: https://t.co/J3E6wCgA & http://t.co/uOf2Liry
The “Paris DOM bindings” for list-like objects are there. http://t.co/2UdJMfCZ & https://t.co/DKSU1wpt
The popup bubble with the link URL is now larger when the URL doesn’t fit in it. A detail, but better UX: https://t.co/xOtWK1EL
Fonts with identical character coverage now share their cmaps. Memory savings (~1-2MB). https://t.co/ssSn3bdW
Garbage Collection can happen on a _set_ of compartment now. More flexibility in mastering memory and GC pauses! https://t.co/Ouxgtpp5
On Linux, the $LANG variable is used in finding dictionaries. System-wide dictionaries FTW! https://t.co/FpcQAuWl
For add-ons writers, support of variadic ctypes functions in js-ctypes have been added: https://t.co/skI5vcAA
On Linux, if all other methods failed, we try to get the dictionary via the LANG variable before defaulting to en-US: https://t.co/FpcQAuWl
@FirefoxNightly now can remember permissions on a site-specific basis for click-to-play plugins http://t.co/8NHtqSGt
. @FirefoxNightly on Android now does password sync. /via @dougturner
FIXED: GStreamer backend for HTML5 video element: https://t.co/vAvz8xsZ
The IE Profile migrator has been ported to JS. Easier to maintain, and use async I/O now (not blocking the browser) https://t.co/i4ITafIX
CSS text-transform updated for a weird Greek case
CSS3 text-transform implementation in Firefox is under the spotlight since a couple of weeks.
After supporting specific cases for the Dutch IJ digraph (w/ text-transform:capitalize) and the turkic i/İ and ı/I pairings, it is now the case of a specific Greek rule.
In Greek, there are two lower-case sigmas (well-known by mathematicians in its uppercase representation: Σ). Lower-case sigma can be...
Directly viewed images now have a textured background, for example: http://t.co/6QZSb5JM
skew() (CSS 2D transform) has been removed from the spec and from @FirefoxNightly Bug: https://t.co/0TFl2ui8 Also, see http://t.co/zEAz5JDn
Did you try the new default homepage (type about:home in the URL bar)? (Bug 711157)
FIXED: Bug 711193 - at launch, background tabs are not loaded until they are selected.
When plugins.click_to_play is enabled, plugins will require an extra click to activate and start “playing” content: http://t.co/T6CUfZ5G
