Firefox Platform Rendering & Current Work
By jet
I’m often asked “what are you working on?” Here’s a snapshot of some of the things currently on my teams’ front burners:
- Vertical Text (CSS Writing Modes)
- Shumway
- CSS Containment
- Image Downscale During Decode
- Webkit CSS Prefix Compatibility
- Media Source Extensions
- CSS Grid
- Encrypted Media Extensions
- JS Codecs
- FileSystem API
- SVG transform-origin
- Fira Fonts
- harfbuzz text shaping
- Web Animations
- WebVR
- Input Method Editors
- Runtime Hardware Rendering Validation
- unicode-range
- HTML5 Canvas Filters
- Off-main-thread HTML5 Canvas Rendering
- HTML5 Fullscreen
- Rust in Gecko
I’m surely forgetting a few things, but that’s a quick snapshot for now. Do you have suggestions for what Platform Rendering features we should pick up next? Add your comments below…