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WebKit nightlies support HTML5 noreferrer link relation
WebKit nightlies now support the HTML5 noreferrer link relation, a neat little feature that allows web developers to prevent browsers from sending the Referrer: header when navigating either or elements. Just add noreferrer in the rel attribute
Kenneth Rohde Christiansen is now a WebKit reviewer!
Kenneth has been participating in WebKit development since late 2008, when he started the initial EFL port. Since early 2009 he has contributed a great deal on all fronts of the Qt port, including WebCore integration and API. He has also played an important role in making sure the GTK+ and Qt ports work together [...]
Web Inspector Updates
A number of exciting new features have been added to the Web Inspector since our last update. Today we would like to highlight some of those features! This post is also avaiable in Japanese (日本語), thanks to Keishi Hattori (服部慶士).
If you would like to play with most of these features you will need to be [...]
WebGL Now Available in WebKit Nightlies
Introduction
WebGL is a new standard being worked on in the Khronos consortium. The work done in Khronos is only available to its members, so I can’t show you the spec just yet. But it will become public within the next few months after a review by Khronos members. The good news is that WebGL is [...]
Pavel Feldman and Dmitry Titov are now WebKit reviewers.
Pavel has contributed some great new features for the Web Inspector and spent a lot of time on the Web Inspector to help unfork the Chromium port. Dmitry has worked on timers, workers, test improvements, and various other enhancements.
Please join me in congratulating Pavel and Dmitry on their reviewer status!
WebKit Page Cache II – The unload Event
Previously I touched on what exactly the Page Cache does and outlined some of the improvements we’re working on.
This post is geared towards web developers and is therefore even more technical than the last.
In this article I’d like to talk more about unload event handlers, why they prevent pages from going into the Page Cache, [...]
WebKit Page Cache I – The Basics
This is the first of two posts that will center around a modern browser engine feature that doesn’t usually get a lot of press: The Page Cache.
Today I’ll talk a bit about what this feature is, why it often doesn’t work, and what plans we have to improve it.
Page Cache Overview
Some of you might be [...]
Eric Carlson is now a WebKit Reviewer
Eric Carlson has been a long-time contributer to WebKit, first through the QuickTime Plugin, and now directly as part of WebKit’s HTML5 media support. Eric knows a ridiculous amount about video and audio and we’re very glad to have him now as an official reviewer! Please join me in welcoming Eric as a [...]
3D Transforms
WebKit on Mac OS X now has support for CSS 3D transforms, which allow you to position elements on the page in three-dimensional space using CSS. This is a natural extension of 2D transforms, which we described in an earlier blog post. 3D transforms have been supported on iPhone since 2.0, and now we’re please [...]
Adam Barth and Dave Levin are now WebKit reviewers
Adam has been a long-time contributer of security fixes. Dave comes to us through the Chromium porting effort and has done quite a bit of work on HTML5 Workers as well. Please join me in congratulating Adam and Dave on their reviewer status!