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• Focus with GeckoView

  Firefox Focus is a mobile app for ad-free, private browsing. Next week, we’ll release version 7.0 of Focus for Android, and for the first time, Focus will come bundled with Gecko, the browser engine that powers Firefox Quantum. You can help us test Gecko in Focus today by installing the ...

  Posted September 13, 2018 by Dan Callahan

• Converting a WebGL application to WebVR

  Research engineer Manish Goregaokar, who works on Servo and Rust, shares what he's learned and some of the code he wrote, while porting a WebGL application to WebVR. The post Converting a WebGL application to WebVR appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog.

  Posted September 11, 2018 by Manish Goregaokar

• New API to Bring Augmented Reality to the Web

  The WebXR Device API has two goals that differentiate it from WebVR: support for new user inputs like voice and gestural navigation, and laying a foundation for augmented reality on the web. This emerging specification aims to remove barriers so AR and VR content is accessible to creators and users ...

  Posted September 10, 2018 by Lars Bergstrom

• Firefox 62 – Tools Cool for School!

  From the new Firefox Shape Path Editor, which lets floated content sculpt the flow of content, to the Variable Fonts, which enable fine-grained adjustment of font rendering, to more efficient Firefox Dev Tools view options, Firefox 62 delivers a cornucopia of features. The post Firefox 62 – Tools Cool for ...

  Posted September 06, 2018 by Potch

• Make your web layouts bust out of the rectangle with the Firefox Shape Path Editor

  CSS Shapes lets your web designs break out of the rectangular grid. Using a new CSS standard, text can flow, images can be rounded, even just a few non parallel lines can make your site stand out and make your brand distinctive. With the Shape Path Editor in Firefox 62 ...

  Posted September 05, 2018 by Josh Marinacci