Chrome 7

Enabled (3) | Origin Trial (0) | Behind a flag (0) | Deprecated (0) | Removed (0)

Enabled by default in 7

This release of Chrome had 3 new features.

Device Orientation

Provides access to device's physical orientation #

This feature was specified in this Spec.

Resources

Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Detecting_device_orientation

Samples: http://simpl.info/deviceorientation/

FileReader

The FileReader object lets web applications asynchronously read the contents of files (or raw data buffers) stored on the user's computer, using File or Blob objects to specify the file or data to read. #

This feature was specified in this Spec.

Resources

Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileReader

No linked samples

HTTP/2 (SPDY)

A fast, open protocol for transporting web content. #

This feature was specified in this Spec.

Origin Trials in-progress in 7

This release of Chrome had 0 new origin trials.

Flagged features in 7

This release of Chrome had 0 are available behind a flag.

Deprecations and Removals

Deprecation policy

To keep the platform healthy, we sometimes remove APIs from the Web Platform which have run their course. There can be many reasons why we would remove an API, such as:

• They are superseded by newer APIs.
• They are updated to reflect changes to specifications to bring alignment and consistency with other browsers.
• They are early experiments that never came to fruition in other browsers and thus can increase the burden of support for web developers.

Some of these changes will have an effect on a very small number of sites. To mitigate issues ahead of time, we try to give developers advanced notice so they can make the required changes to keep their sites running.

Chrome currently has a process for deprecations and removals of API's, essentially:

• Announce on the blink-dev mailing list.
• Set warnings and give time scales in the Chrome DevTools Console when usage is detected on the page.
• Wait, monitor, and then remove the feature as usage drops.

You can find a list of all deprecated features on chromestatus.com using the deprecated filter and removed features by applying the removed filter. We will also try to summarize some of the changes, reasoning, and migration paths in these posts.

Deprecated features in 7

This release of Chrome had 0 features deprecated.

Removed features in 7

This release of Chrome had 0 features removed.