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Firefox 16 Released: More HTML5 Support

Posted by Soulskill on from the onward-and-upward dept.

Today Mozilla released the final version of Firefox 16, which includes a number of new tools for developers. "A number of HTML5 code has been 'unprefixed,' which means that Mozilla has decided it has matured enough to run in the browser without causing instability. The newly unshackled HTML5 includes CSS3 Animations, Transforms, Transitions, Image Values, Values and Units, and IndexedDB. Two Web APIs that Mozilla helped to create, Battery API and Vibration API, are also now unprefixed. These changes help keep Firefox competitive, but it also sends a signal to developers that Mozilla thinks these are good enough to begin baking into their sites. It's a strong endorsement of the 'future-Web' tech." Here's the complete change list and the download page.

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  1. Command line by buchner.johannes · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The command line feature looks very cool. It'd be even better if that could be controlled from outside Firefox, basically making Firefox scriptable -- for automated Firefox testing, Website testing, taking screenshots, etc.

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  2. IndexedDB is a little late to the game... by ducomputergeek · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I know WebSQL got scrubbed from the HTML5 spec a couple years ago, but during that time it got adopted in a usable way by webkit and opera. In the spec or not it's become the defacto standard for anyone doing HTML5 development for mobile devices, especially for use in off-line apps. Not only that, but at this point it's proven and reliable. I have a feeling it's going to be like H.264 vs WebM. The technical gurus will support one over the other due to ideological reasons, meanwhile the rest of us who are being paid to write things that work will continue going on using what works for us and our clients.

    Right now WebSQL is supported on basically 99% of the mobile devices we see in our clients' hands. That includes iOS, Android, Blackberry, hell even Kindle and Nook. On the desktop it works on Safari, Chrome, and hell even FireFox with an extension.

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  3. Re:Now that summary is BS - at least in part. by narcc · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Indeed, but not all webkit browsers are equal -- not by a long shot.

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  4. Re:I think there's something wrong by ArhcAngel · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have come to prefer Quickjava. It let's you toggle Java, Javascript, Cookies, Image Animations, Flash, Silverlight, Images, Stylesheets and Proxy quickly. If I encounter a site that is annoying I just toggle the appropriate plugin until I leave that site. The only thing it lacks is the ability to toggle per tab. If it had that it would be perfect.

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  5. Re:Now that summary is BS - at least in part. by AndrewStephens · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Speaking of HTML5test, I just ran a before and after test with firefox 15 and firefox 16:

    Firefox 15: 346 out of 500
    Firefox 16: 363 out of 500
    Chrome 22: 437 out of 500

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  6. Chrome's flash player users 80% cpu Firefox 30% by Jackie_Chan_Fan · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Chrome's built in flash player uses 80% cpu on a quadcore where as IE and Firefox use 30% via adobe's on plugin.

    I welcome Firefox 16. I'm sorry I ever left you.

    On the upside, pages with background colors will no longer flash white like they do in chrome. YAY.

    Chrome is bad.