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Chrome 47 Beta: Idle time work, splash screens, and desktop notification management
Donnerstag, 22. Oktober 2015
The newest Chrome
Beta
channel release includes support for cooperative multitasking, splash screens for sites added to home screen, flexible desktop notifications, security fixes, and more. Unless otherwise noted, changes described below apply to Chrome for Android, Chrome OS, Linux, Mac, and Windows.
Splash screens on Android
Mobile devices are typically less powerful than desktops, meaning apps can take a few seconds to load. Splash screens allow apps to show something meaningful to users as the app loads, improving perceived performance. The new version of Chrome for Android
brings splash screens to web apps
when a site is launched from the Android home screen. The splash screen is shown immediately, even while Chrome itself is loading. Developers can customize the splash screen by setting a name, icon, background color, and notification bar color in the
web app manifest
. The splash screen disappears once the web app begins to draw to the screen, providing a more polished loading experience.
Cooperative multitasking with requestIdleCallback()
To achieve a screen refresh rate of 60 frames per second, developers must guess when performance-critical tasks like rendering will finish and use timers to schedule around them. Unfortunately, developers can’t guarantee that low priority work won’t hurt performance because events like scrolling cannot be predicted. Now developers can explicitly
set work to run during idle time
using requestIdleCallback(). Functions registered with requestIdleCallback() are given a deadline and can return before that limit is reached to avoid jank. The function can register for another requestIdleCallback() to continue work during the next idle period.
Auto dismissing notifications
Push notifications have been enabled by
service workers
since
Chrome 42
. Sites such as social media or email can generate a large number of push notifications that take up screen space and aren’t particularly relevant unless viewed soon after posting. The new version of Chrome now allows developers to
configure automatic dismissal
of desktop notifications, improving the experience for these kinds of notifications. Sites can set
NotificationOptions.requireInteraction
to indicate the notification should remain onscreen until the user dismisses it.
Other updates in this release
Array.prototype.includes()
simplifies the
syntax for checking array membership
.
The
rest parameters syntax
allows functions with an indefinite number of arguments to be
called using arrays
.
Cache.matchAll()
simplifies
bulk searching
of the cache and removes the need for polyfills.
RequestInit.referrer
allows requests captured by service workers to match the original referrer.
The new
Navigator.MediaDevices
interface allows developers to
enumerate connected media devices
such as audio output.
Updated values
for request properties in navigation
FetchEvents
offer improved spec compliance.
MouseEvent.getModifierState()
makes input processing more powerful and consistent across
MouseEvent
and
KeyboardEvent
.
Developers can now more accurately
detect input device capabilities
using
UIEvent.sourceCapabilities
and
InputDeviceCapabilities.firesTouchEvents
.
Several SVG methods have been removed, including
pixel conversions
and
hasExtension()
methods on several elements.
Prefixed encrypted media extensions are now disabled
in favor of
unprefixed EMEs
, which have more capabilities and conform to the
spec
.
Chrome
no longer highlights the gaps between content
when painting selections.
The notification center has been
removed from Windows, Mac, and Linux
to keep Chrome simpler.
Posted by Ross McIlroy, Scheduling Samurai
Streamlining Notifications on Desktop
Mittwoch, 14. Oktober 2015
This past spring, Chrome began supporting
push notifications
for web pages via the emerging
web push standard
. However, notifications in Chrome aren’t new; Chrome apps and extensions have
supported push notifications on desktop
since 2010. In some cases, these desktop notifications would appear while users were gone, so in 2013 Chrome launched the
notification center
, a place for users to find notifications from Chrome apps and extensions that they’d missed.
However, in practice, few users visit the notification center. To keep Chrome simple, it will be removed from Windows, Mac, and Linux in the upcoming release. The notification center on Chrome OS will remain unchanged.
The new
notifications documentation
reflects changes that will affect Chrome app and extension developers who send notifications to the center. Notifications sent solely to the notification center will now result in an error, and API events tied to the center will no longer fire. All other notifications will continue to work without requiring any changes.
With the growth of web push, notifications are an increasingly important way for users to engage with web pages they care about. By streamlining the experience on desktop, Chrome can ensure a simple notification experience on every platform.
Posted by Justin DeWitt, Software Engineer
Replying to reviews in the Chrome Web Store
Donnerstag, 1. Oktober 2015
When we launched the Chrome Web Store
Support Tab
in 2012, our goal was to provide a communication channel that would enable you to have an open discussion with the users of your apps and extensions. Developers like you have reported that the tool has helped identify bugs faster, obtain ideas for new features, and prioritize work based on user impact. But we’ve also seen that many users continue to leave their feedback in the form of comments under the Reviews tab. Until now, the Web Store has not provided an option to respond to these comments, which has had the effect of leaving many users’ bug reports and feature suggestions unanswered
,
even after the issues have been addressed.
Today, we’re providing both you and your users the ability to reply to comments in the Reviews tab, in order to ensure that you can openly and clearly communicate about
all
relevant feedback.
To strengthen relationships with your users and ensure that the Reviews tab provides accurate information about your product, we recommend that you begin closely monitoring user reviews for bug reports and feature suggestions. Be sure to reply constructively to both negative and positive reviews, notify users when you have addressed their feedback, and thank the users who are your biggest advocates.
Before replying to user reviews, please read the
commenting guidelines
to ensure that your use of this feature is compliant with Chrome Web Store policies. Also remember that when posting reviews, your name and Google account will be shown publicly so that prospective users can see that you consistently provide high quality customer support. Head over to your reviews tab and start connecting with users today!
Posted by James Wagner, Product Lead and Reviews Wrangle
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