June 2024 web platform update

Now widely available on the web platform

Widely available

• SharedArrayBuffer and Atomics: The SharedArrayBuffer object represents bytes shared between multiple workers and the main thread. The Atomics object safely accesses SharedArrayBuffer data to make sure predictable values are read and written and that operations are not interrupted. Learn more.

• Threads and atomics (WebAssembly): Threads in WebAssembly run code in parallel, while atomic memory instructions can guarantee that no two threads can read or write to shared memory at the same time. Learn more.

Newly available on the web platform

Newly available

• Async clipboard: The navigator.clipboard API asynchronously reads and writes to the system clipboard. Learn more.

• Gradient interpolation: Gradient interpolation controls how the colors between gradient stops are calculated in CSS. For example, linear-gradient(to right in oklch longer hue, red, red); calculates in the oklch color space, with the hue going all the way around the hue circle from red back to red. Learn more.

• Set methods: The difference(), intersection(), isDisjointFrom(), isSubsetOf(), isSupersetOf(), symmetricDifference(), and union() methods of the JavaScript Set object performs operations between two sets. Learn more.