Chrome 9

Enabled (5) | Origin Trial (0) | Behind a flag (0) | Deprecated (0) | Removed (0)

Enabled by default in 9

This release of Chrome had 5 new features.

FileWriter

Synchronous API added in Chrome 9 for Workers #

This feature was specified in this Spec.

WebGL (Canvas 3D)

3D rendering via the <canvas> element. #

This feature was specified in this Spec.

Resources

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

Samples: http://simpl.info/webgl/

WebP image format support

WebP is an image format that provides lossless and lossy compression for images on the web. WebP lossless images are 26% smaller in size compared to PNGs; lossy is 35% smaller than JPEG. #

This feature was specified in this Spec.

Resources

Docs: https://developers.google.com/speed/webp

No linked samples

matchMedia

API for testing if a given media query will apply. #

This feature was specified in this Spec.

Resources

Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/CSS/Testing_media_queries

No linked samples

spellcheck attribute

Allows content editable elements to be spell checked #

This feature was specified in this Spec.

Origin Trials in-progress in 9

This release of Chrome had 0 new origin trials.

Flagged features in 9

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• They are superseded by newer APIs.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 9

This release of Chrome had 0 features deprecated.

Removed features in 9

This release of Chrome had 0 features removed.