Igalia Contributions to WebKit

by Frederic Wang

WebKit Activities

Web Platform

• standardization
• Compatibility
• interoperability

JavaScript

• JSC / TC39 / test262
• BigInt (in stage 3)
  • Caio has been landing patches
• Class Fields
• More…

Accessibility

• Page Author ⟷ Web Browser ⟷ AT User
• W3C: ARIA, AAM, WPT
  • Recommendation ARIA 1.1, Core AAM 1.1, DPUB ARIA/AAM 1.0,
  • Graphics AAM/ARIA 1.0
  • Candidate Name and Desc Computation 1.1
• WebKit: Aria, Accessible tree, ATK backend, accessibility tests
• System: ATK, AT-SPI, Orca

CSS

• CSS grid/flexbox
  • Box Alignment values for Flexbox
  • Remove grid- prefix for gutter properties
• Coding Experience projects:
  • display:contents
  • Logical Properties and Values
• CSS WG / WPT

WebVR

• Implemented most of WebVR 1.1 API
  • Device enumerations
  • POsition/orientation
  • Event handling
• Future Plans
  • Make it work with other ports
  • Transition to WebXR

Interoperability

• Testing
  • WPT, test262, WebDriver)
• Between GTK/WPE and Apple’s ports
  • Web Animations, Cache Storage, Service Workers, ImageBitmap, OffscreenCanvas, WebRTC, Media Source Extensions…
• Between WebKit and other browsers
  • MathML, Editing/Selection, Custom Elements, Fetch/XMLHTTPRequest, Frame sandboxing, Scrolling/CSSOM Vie, Transitions/Animations…
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