CSS Filter Effects landing in WebKit
Adobe have been hard at work bringing this amazing technology to CSS. Specifically, I'm referring to CSS Filter Effects 1.0, which WebKit has started to implement.
Transferable objects - Lightning fast
With transferable objects, data is transferred from one context to another. It is zero-copy, which vastly improves the performance of sending data to a Worker.
Use mediump precision in WebGL when possible
Heads-up from our friends at Opera, who have been testing WebGL on actual OpenGL ES 2.0 hardware.
Stream video using the MediaSource API
The MediaSource API extends the HTMLMediaElement to allow JavaScript to generate media streams for playback.
WebGL demo roundup
Here are some awesome new WebGL demos from around the web to showcase what your browser can really do.
App cache tools and Auto-Generators
The application cache helps you run your web app offline, significantly speeds up startup time, and reduces bandwidth bill.
Defining scope in IndexedDB transactions
IndexedDB is an evolving web standard for storage of significant amounts of structured data in the browser.
Let Your Content Do the Talking - Fullscreen API
The Fullscreen API allows web apps to programmatically tell any content on the page to enter the browser's fullscreen viewing mode, from JavaScript
WebSockets updated to latest version in Chrome Canary
The WebSocket API has been rev'd to the latest version (13) in Chrome Canary
Keeping up with HTML5 and browser support
Actually keeping up with those features can be a challenge, but only if you don't know where to look.
Having a ride with Three.js
We are seeing more and more developers coming up with new 3D demos whether they were OpenGL experts already or new adventurers that started playing with it.
New Game Conference for HTML5 game developers coupon
Keep me from completing my TPS reports by learning how to write HTML5 and WebGL games at New Game.
7 minute videos - JavaScript console protips and newish DOM APIs
Level up on the JavaScript console in the Chrome DevTools.
Workers ♥ ArrayBuffer
Chrome 13 and FF5 support sending an ArrayBuffer (or Typed Array) to/from a Web Worker
What's different in the new WebSocket protocol
The WebSocket protocol specification has recently been updated to solve previous security concerns and is largely stable
Debugging the Filesystem API
The HTML5 Filesystem is a powerful API. With power, comes complexity. With complexity, comes more debugging frustrations.
Seek into local files with the File System API
If you have a File object, it's possible to seek into it and read chunks without reading the entire file into memory.
Announcing New Game, the conference for HTML5 game developers
Please join us at New Game, to be held November 1-2, 2011 in San Francisco, CA.
Don't miss a frame - Using the Page Visibility API + HTML5 Video
The Page Visibility API can be used to check if the current tab is visible or not.
Using cross-domain images in WebGL
WebGL specification has an important update on how to request images, cross-domain.