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- 1. Firefox 3.5 Because Firefox 3.1 is what was yesterday. Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 2. So Much Good Stuff • A short release cycle, tying up loose ends from 3.0 • ... • “The best laid plans...” Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 3. Firefox 3.5 Uplifting the Web Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 4. Shiny Shiny Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 5. <video/> <audio/> • HTML5 • Ogg Vorbis, Ogg Theora and WAV support • more on the way <video src=quot;http://you.com/yourvid.oggquot;> Your browser does not support the <code>video</code> element. </video> Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 6. HTML + SVG = <3 • Masking, clipping and filtering of Web content Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 7. Downloadable Fonts • @font-face • Provide a name (font-family) and a URL • Allowing content to look as designers intend • Your MySpace page will look awesome! Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 8. Enabling Applications Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 9. Drag and Drop API • HTML5 • Within and between different web sites • Also available for extension developers Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 10. Offline Caching • HTML 5 • No extension installation needed • Implemented by the site, and just works Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 11. Web Worker Threads • W3C Web Apps WG • Event-driven message passing • Workers can do XMLHttpRequest • Workers can import script libraries Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 12. Cross-site XHR • W3C Web Apps WG • HTTP Headers • Servers have fine-grained resource control • User-agents validate and enforce policy Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 13. XHR Progress Events • W3C Web Apps WG • DOM events • progress, load, error, abort Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 14. Native JSON • JSON.parse() • JSON.stringify() • Web content and for extensions • FAST! Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 15. Geolocation • Allows Web apps to get information about the user’s current location • Pluggable providers • navigator.geolocation • UI in Firefox, but no providers by default Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 16. Performance I can’t drive 55. Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 17. DNS Pre-fetching • Proactively perform DNS resolution on links and in-page resources • Reduces latency on link-clicks, etc • Low bandwidth, big benefit • Can reduce page load by 5% for pages with lots of images Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 18. Speculative Parsing • Pre-load and parse CSS and JavaScript included in a page • Big improvement for pages that include big JavaScript libraries • Not always possible Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 19. TraceMonkey • Really fast JavaScript. Really. • Converts JavaScript to native code via a specialized JIT compiler • Optimizes common or repeated actions such as function calls, type checking, loops Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 20. More • Everything I’ve covered so far is available here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Firefox_3.1_for_developers Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 21. Firefox 3.5 Your Browser Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 22. Private Browsing • Tools/Start Private Browsing (cmd+shift+P) • Dumped: History, cookies, downloads, cache, passwords, searches Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 23. Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 24. Recent History • Did you forget to go into private mode? Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 25. Awesomebar Control • Default search scope Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 26. Per-search Control • Restrict searches by: • Title (#) • URL (@) • Tag (+) • Is Bookmarked (*) • Was Typed (~) Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 27. Tagging • In the Library, can edit tags for multiple selected URLs in history and bookmarks • Tag autocomplete wherever you can add tags • Also usable by extensions Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 28. Detachable Tabs • Drag a tab out to create a new window • Drag tabs between windows • Shows a preview of the tab being dragged Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 29. Percent Shiny • Let no detail get left behind • Firefox is currently 40% shiny • 50 remaining easy polish bugs • You could be OCD... and a hero! Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 30. More • Focus on performance enhancements in Bookmarks, History, Awesomebar • Hundreds of interaction fixes • Improved security UI: SSL error pages Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 31. Sprints • Short iterations on low-cost big-win features • Examples: • Show open tabs in the Awesomebar • Restore visible tabs first • Improve the plug-in finding experience Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 32. Firefox.next Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 33. Animation? Safari 4 AT&T Pogo Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 34. Chromeless? • What if the Web was all there was? • Gestures • Accelerometer • Voice commands Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 35. Contextual Menus Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 36. Gestures Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 37. Browser Modes • Task-specific fullscreen modes • Editor mode: go fullscreen when in a textarea • Next-action mode: shows a single tab series, culled from a bookmark folder • TV/Movie mode: fullscreen, with livemark updates scrolling across the bottom Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 38. Ubiquity • Keyboard interface • I’ve stopped using menus Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- 39. More • Mozilla Labs Concept Series • http://labs.mozilla.com/projects/concept- series/ • Felipe Gomes: Gestures in Fennec • http://www.vimeo.com/3156495 Wednesday, March 4, 2009