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Google Chrome Never-Slow Mode
Google has been working on a prototype feature called Never-Slow Mode. This prototype feature, referenced as a work in progress, aims to improve the user experience, delivering consistent quick browsing.
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TypeScript Roadmap: Enhanced Type System, More Productivity, and Improved Linting
Microsoft has detailed the priorities that will drive TypeScript development during the first six months of 2019. Albeit not yet committed, the current roadmap includes enhanced core type system, maximizing forward compatibility with new ECMA features, improving tools, including editor support and linting, and more.
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Howler.js Audio Library for the Modern Web
Howler.js provides a modern audio library with support for the Web Audio API and a fallback mechanism for HTML5 Audio. The project strives to streamline cross-platform development efforts with audio in JavaScript.
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WorkerDOM Adds DOM Concurrency for JavaScript Programming
The big news at this year's JSConf was the introduction of WorkerDOM, a JavaScript library to make the DOM available to Web Workers, allowing developers to leverage multi-core processor architectures to improve web performance.
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Next.js 7 Released with 40% Faster Builds
The Next.js team has announced version 7 of their open-source React framework. This release of Next.js focuses on improving the overall developer experience with 57% faster boot times and 40% faster builds in development, improved error reporting and WebAssembly support.
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Webhint Open Source Linting Tool for Detecting Issues with Accessibility, Performance, and Security
The webhint project provides an open source linting tool to check for issues with accessibility, performance, and security. The creation of websites and web apps has an increasing number of details to perfect, and webhint strives to help developers remember these details.
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Mozilla Pushes WebXR as New Open Web API for Augmented Reality
After adding support for WebVR to Firefox, Mozilla is now working on a new API, called WebXR, to bring mixed reality to the Web. Initially announced last year, WebXR aims to replace WebVR in time and to offer a smooth transition for developers using WebVR.
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Propel: Scientific and ML Computing JavaScript Library from Node.js Founder
Propel is a new JavaScript scientific computing library leveraging GPU hardware for computations to support machine learning and other scientific computing in JavaScript.
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jQuery 3.3.1 out, Team Preps for 4.0
jQuery 3.3.1 has been released, which includes a new feature and several deprecations. The deprecations are in preparation for jQuery 4.0. While there isn't much new information on jQuery 4.0, it will include a complete rewrite.
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Bootstrap 4 Released, But It May Be Unnecessary
After three years in development, the front-end framework Bootstrap 4 has been released. But it emerges into a world with a dramatically different web than existed when Mark Otto made the first commit, leading some developers to question if it's even necessary.
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W3C Releases HTML 5.2 As Official Recommendation
The W3C released the HTML 5.2 update to the HTML specification as an official recommendation on December 14, 2017. This update adds new features like the dialog element, obsoletes old ones like the HTML plugins system, and integrates work from other W3C committees such as support for the Payments Request API and the Presentation API.
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Slack Desktop Migrated to BrowserView for 3.0
Slack has recently made version 3.0 available in their beta channel, with numerous performance improvements and bug fixes. At its core, most of the changes have revolved around migrating from the Electron component “webView” to “browserView”, a newer and more stable alternative. Charlie Hess, engineer at Slack, has published a blog outlining this journey.
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Microsoft, Google, and Mozilla Team Up for Web Documentation
In a coordinated announcement, three major browser vendors have agreed to consolidate their individual web API reference documentation into Mozilla's MDN and have formed an advisory group to guide future efforts. The groups will start using MDN as a single point of truth for web platform documentation and reference.
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W3C Publishes DRM as a Recommendation
After a divided vote, the World Wide Web Consortium has adopted Encrypted Media Extensions as a full recommendation, formalizing closed-source Digital Rights Management into the specification. In response, the EFF has resigned from the W3C.
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Adobe Will No Longer Support Flash after 2020
Adobe has announced the termination of Flash by the end of 2020. Browser vendors have published timelines outlining the steps to phase out the technology in their respective browsers.