📃 June 2014 release notes
New in Firefox
The following features are now available in Firefox:
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background-blend-mode:
The
background-blend-modeCSS property blends an element's background image and background color using blend modes likemultiply,difference, orcolor. -
2D canvas opacity:
The optional
alphaparameter of a 2D canvas'sgetContext()method sets whether the canvas has an alpha transparency channel. If set tofalse, then this permits the browser to optimize compositing for an opaque canvas. -
OES_texture_half_float_linear WebGL extension:
The
OES_texture_half_float_linearextension for WebGL 1.0 contexts adds linear filtering with half floating-point pixel types for textures. -
WEBGL_color_buffer_float WebGL extension:
The
WEBGL_color_buffer_floatextension for WebGL 1.0 contexts adds the 32-bit floating-point typeRGBA32Fas a color-renderable format.
New in Firefox for Android
The following features are now available in Firefox for Android:
-
2D canvas opacity:
The optional
alphaparameter of a 2D canvas'sgetContext()method sets whether the canvas has an alpha transparency channel. If set tofalse, then this permits the browser to optimize compositing for an opaque canvas. -
WEBGL_color_buffer_float WebGL extension:
The
WEBGL_color_buffer_floatextension for WebGL 1.0 contexts adds the 32-bit floating-point typeRGBA32Fas a color-renderable format. -
WEBGL_compressed_texture_etc1 WebGL extension:
The
WEBGL_compressed_texture_etc1extension for WebGL 1.0 and 2.0 contexts adds the ETC1 compressed texture format tocompressedTexImage2D()andcompressedTexSubImage2D().