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• Introducing HumbleNet: a cross-platform networking library that works in the browser

  Announcing the release of HumbleNet, a project initiated at Humble Bundle in 2015 to port peer-to-peer multiplayer games, originally to asm.js and now to WebAssembly. The current open source version of the library exposes a simple peer-to-peer API that allows for basic peer discovery and the ability to easily send ...

  Posted June 29, 2017 by Edward Rudd

• Building the Web of Things

  Mozilla is working to create a Web of Things framework of software and services that can bridge the communication gap between connected devices. Today we’re announcing the availability of a prototype of the first component of this system, the Things Gateway. We’ve made available a software image you can use ...

  Posted June 28, 2017 by Ben Francis

• Opus audio codec version 1.2 released

  The Opus audio codec just got another major upgrade with the release of version 1.2, bringing many speech and music quality improvements, especially at low bitrates.

  Posted June 26, 2017 by Jean-Marc Valin

• An inside look at Quantum DOM Scheduling

  Scheduling is a significant piece of Project Quantum, which focuses on making Firefox more responsive, especially when lots of tabs are open. In this article, we describe problems we identified in multi-tab browsing, the solutions we figured out, the current status of Quantum DOM, and opportunities for contribution to the ...

  Posted June 23, 2017 by Bevis Tseng

• Powerful New Additions to the CSS Grid Inspector in Firefox Nightly

  CSS Grid is revolutionizing web design. It’s a flexible, simple design standard that can be used across all browsers and devices. That's why we built CSS Grid Inspector. We’ve been working hard on the Firefox Developer Tools Layout panel, adding powerful new features to the Grid Inspector and Box Model. ...

  Posted June 22, 2017 by Gabriel Luong