News from the
Bleeding Edge
Browser Pop Quiz
Last version check — March 2015:
Browser Pop Quiz
As of May 27, 2015:
Chrome Highlights
Enabled by default:
- Unprefixed CSS Animations (no -webkit).
- Cache API (global scope).
- Fetch API: streaming response body. (produces ReadableStream)
- Permissions API
- autocapitalize.
<input type="text" autocapitalize="sentences">
<input type="text" autocapitalize="words">
<input type="text" autocapitalize="characters">
Firefox Highlights
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fetch() now implemented.
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Websockets can be used in workers.
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Better ES6 support for standard features (generators, maps, weakmaps)
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Array methods for typed arrays:
of()
from()
forEach()
filter()
map()
slice()
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<picture> now activated by default.
- Devtools: Identify XHR Requests
Opera
Based on Chrome 42
Not much else to talk about from a dev perspective
Safari & IE
Security updates
A ton of stuff planned & under consideration...
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ES6 Classes, Proxies, Promises... the whole gamut.
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Gamepad API
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Touch Events
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Ambient Light Events
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WebRTC (in development)
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Chakra JS Engine - Think Node-Webkit/NWJS.
New Recommendations
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Languages, Frameworks & Tools
Framework Updates
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Backbone 1.2.0
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Ember 1.12 & 1.13 Beta
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Polymer 0.9
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NativeScript 1.0.0
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JQuery 1.11.3 & 2.1.4
Libraries & Tools
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