Gecko:1.9 Planning

This is a brainstorm page, raw and ready.

Graphics capabilities

• cairoification
• SVG 1.1 complete and performant
  • solid testing of opera-interop
• Canvas improvements
  • OpenGL ES context?
  • %age width/height
  • finish Safari compatibility
• 3D markup for retained-mode and model manipulation?
• transforms/filters for images and canvas
• XUL2D
  • affine transformations
  • non-affine transformations (selected only?)
  • transforms expressed in CSS
  • declarative animation
  • pan, zoom, scale
  • translucent and non-rectangular windows
  • text and others on paths
  • flow and flex around complex shapes
• 3D work
  • X3D?
• Level of detail
  • Thumbnailing
  • fast-but-general for animations
  • content model LOD?
• downloadable fonts
• vertical text
• printing improvements

JS2

• packages
• namespaces
• classes/MOP
• type annotations
• operators
• E4X rationalization (E5X)
• debugging infrastructure
  • mixed-lang (python, C++, etc.)
• GC improvements
• security model revamp
• E4X<->DOM glue

Python for XUL

• XBL language neutrality
• performance?

XUL' and XBL2

• XBL attachment model
• XBL capability/security model
• Deakin's template builder
• XUL box layout rationalization/standardization in CSS
• remote XUL
  • sync/async issues
  • security model
• downloadable fonts?

Web app improvements

• security
• offline detection/pinning/behaviour (a la Alchemy)
• client-local storage a la Hixie

Misc

• "evidence"(?)-based security model
• roc-style global gc
• embedding improvements
• XULRunner bootstrapping
• MathML