Hacker News with Generative AI: Browser Features

Functions in CSS? (css-tricks.com)
A much-needed disclaimer: You (kinda) can use functions now! I know, it isn’t the most pleasant feeling to finish reading about a new feature just for the author to say “And we’ll hopefully see it in a couple of years”. Luckily, right now you can use an (incomplete) version of CSS functions in Chrome Canary behind an experimental flag, although who knows when we’ll get to use them in a production environment.
CSS, Web Development, Browser Features
16 points by ulrischa 1 day ago | 6 comments
Chrome 133 Supports DOM State-Preserving Move with moveBefore() (chromestatus.com)
Web Development, Chrome, JavaScript, Browser Features, HTML
226 points by AshleysBrain 30 days ago | 84 comments
Is WebAssembly Memory64 worth using? (spidermonkey.dev)
After many long years, the Memory64 proposal for WebAssembly has finally been released in both Firefox 134 and Chrome 133. In short, this proposal adds 64-bit pointers to WebAssembly.
WebAssembly, Programming, Browser Features, Performance
39 points by bvisness 50 days ago | 51 comments
Web Locks API (mozilla.org)
The Web Locks API allows scripts running in one tab or worker to asynchronously acquire a lock, hold it while work is performed, then release it. While held, no other script executing in the same origin can acquire the same lock, which allows a web app running in multiple tabs or workers to coordinate work and the use of resources.
Web Development, APIs, JavaScript, Web Security, Browser Features
218 points by mooreds 116 days ago | 104 comments
CanIWebView: Baseline for WebViews now supported (caniwebview.com)
We are now show web features in the search results. In addition to this, we will also report if those features are widely available in browsers, and if the same applies to WebViews.
Web Development, Browser Features, WebViews, Search Engines
5 points by RupertWiser 140 days ago | 0 comments