Firefox 16 unprefix CSS Gradients, Animations, Transitions & Transforms

Firefox 16 unprefix CSS Gradients, Animations, Transitions & Transforms(hacks.mozilla.org)

61 points by lillycat 13 years ago | 24 comments

> IndexedDB has reached Candidate Recommendation status and has been unprefixed too. This is amazing.

Folks, this is far more important than CSS. Firefox has the most complete implementation of IndexedDB. More than anything else, it is what will enable us to write completely client-side applications.

jmillikin 13 years ago | |

  > More than anything else, it is what will enable us to
  > write completely client-side applications.

It seems to me that developers have been writing completely client-side applications for forty years.

kibwen 13 years ago |

The new developer command-line interface (Shift+F2) looks really neat, though I'll have to play with it to see if it really turns out to be useful. Here's a list of commands:

  addon - Manipulate add-ons
  break - Manage breakpoints
  calllog - Commands to manipulate function call logging
  console - Commands to control the console
  cookie - Display and alter cookies
  dbg - Manage debugger
  edit - Tweak a page resource
  export - Export resources
  firebug - Web Development Evolved
  help - Get help on the available commands
  inspect - Inspect a node
  pagemod - Make page changes
  pref - Commands to control settings
  resize - Control Responsive Design Mode
  restart - Restart Firefox
  screenshot - Save an image of the page
  tilt - Visualize the webpage in 3D

derpmeister 13 years ago | |

Thanks! They should disable the flyout completion for now, though. It causes the input box to lose focus, can't type a command with that.

gioele 13 years ago |

For all the lovers of the "prefixes are not useful, just do without them":

> Also the <angle> changed: before, 0deg pointed to the right; now it points, consistently with other angles in the CSS spec, to the top.

tomjen3 13 years ago | |

Which is consistent with how all the other browser does it.

And I don't doubt that the prefix debacle is the reason they are getting rid of them now.

lillycat 13 years ago | | |

No, Opera and Microsoft are implementing the new syntax too (IE 10 unprefixed and Presto 2.12, which is under development, too).

Hopefully WebKit will follow soon (if somebody has the bug#, I'm interested)

Kilimanjaro 13 years ago |

My blood boils every time I see an odd change in a perfectly fine way of doing things.

Compare this:

    linear-gradient(top,#fff,#000)

to this

    linear-gradient(to bottom,#fff,#000)

Why?

lillycat 13 years ago | |

The CSS WG wanted that both the <angle> and the keywords to be consistent: both are indicating a direction now. The 'to' was added in order to let the old and new syntax coexist during the transition time.

ck2 13 years ago |

Proving what time of day you submit on HN is critical

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4278862

Still, good information to know.

lillycat 13 years ago | |

And I did a search before to post!

ck2 13 years ago | | |

No worries.

funksta 13 years ago |

I can't tell from the post, but is the <angle> argument for linear gradients still optional? Ie. is the following still valid?

    linear-gradient(#fff, #eee)

Skalman 13 years ago | |

Yes, that works in my Firefox 16.

funksta 13 years ago | | |

Great, thanks! I find I use top-to-bottom gradients about 90% of the time, so I'm glad the succinct form is still valid.

Killswitch 13 years ago |

Bad timing on the naming... Aurora?

andrewstewart 13 years ago | |

Firefox Aurora has existed for the last few years. It's their preview release of stuff, equivalent to Chrome Canary.

Killswitch 13 years ago | | |

Yes, but in light of the current events, you'd think it'd be changed.

hopefully 13 years ago |

Ohhh, how long have I waited for this moment.

PaulHoule 13 years ago |

ugh...

i'd like to see firefox slow down with the features and focus on stability.

firefox seems to be in the same boat as microsoft office, eclipse, gnome, and almost all GUI software. each new version adds meaningless features while bugs proliferate unchecked. (Given that this problem affects GUI apps of all kinds, perhaps it can't be solved?)

the latest thing that drives me up the wall about Firefox is that it's continually alerting me that my "plug ins are out of date" but as of the last few months the "plug in update" procedures are all broken -- I'm scared to update Java because the last time I did that I broke all my Java apps, and it seems like updates to Adobe products on windows don't work at all today.

sp332 13 years ago | |

"Each version adds meaningless features" This is because the new rapid-release system lets them publish each feature as soon as it is ready. Since big features generally take longer, it's not surprising that each little release has fewer big features.

addon - Manipulate add-ons break - Manage breakpoints calllog - Commands to manipulate function call logging console - Commands to control the console cookie - Display and alter cookies dbg - Manage debugger edit - Tweak a page resource export - Export resources firebug - Web Development Evolved help - Get help on the available commands inspect - Inspect a node pagemod - Make page changes pref - Commands to control settings resize - Control Responsive Design Mode restart - Restart Firefox screenshot - Save an image of the page tilt - Visualize the webpage in 3D