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  1. Birdsongs, Musique Concrète, and the Web Audio API

    • by • Audio, Featured Article, WebAPI • 4 comments

    In January 2015, my friend and collaborator Brian Belet and I presented Oiseaux de Même — an audio soundscape app created from recordings of birds — at the first Web Audio Conference. In this post I’d like to describe my experience of implementing this app Read more…

  2. What’s new in Web Audio

    • by and • Audio, Featured Article, JavaScript, WebAPI • 2 comments

    Introduction It’s been a while since we said anything on Hacks about the Web Audio API. However, with Firefox 37/38 hitting our Developer Edition/Nightly browser channels, there are some interesting new features to talk about! This article presents you with some new Web Audio tricks Read more…

  3. Embedding an HTTP Web Server in Firefox OS

    • by • Device APIs, Featured Article, Firefox OS, JavaScript, P2P Web, WebAPI • 14 comments

    Nearing the end of last year, Mozilla employees were gathered together for a week of collaboration and planning. During that week, a group was formed to envision what the future of Firefox OS might be surrounding a more P2P-focused Web. In particular, we’ve been looking Read more…

  4. BroadcastChannel API in Firefox 38

    • by • WebAPI • 8 comments

    Recently the BroadcastChannel API landed in Firefox 38. This API can be used for simple messaging between browser contexts that have the same user agent and origin. This API is exposed to both Windows and Workers and allows communication between iframes, browser tabs, and worker Read more…

  5. The P2P Web: Wi-Fi Direct in Firefox OS

    • by • Firefox OS, P2P Web, WebAPI • 8 comments

    At Mozilla, we foresee that the future of the Web lies in its ability to connect people directly with multiple devices, without using the Internet. Many different technologies exist and are already implemented to allow peer-to-peer connections. Today is the first in a series of Read more…

  6. ServiceWorkers and Firefox

    • by , and • DOM, Featured Article, Offline, ServiceWorkers, WebAPI • 4 comments

    Since early 2013, Mozillians have been involved with the design of the Service Worker. Thanks to work by Google, Samsung, Mozilla, and others, this exciting new feature of the web platform has evolved to the point that it is being implemented in various web browser Read more…

  7. Easy audio capture with the MediaRecorder API

    • by and • Audio, DOM, Featured Article, JavaScript, WebAPI • 9 comments

    The MediaRecorder API is a simple construct, used inside Navigator.getUserMedia(), which provides an easy way of recording media streams from the user’s input devices and instantly using them in web apps. This article provides a basic guide on how to use MediaRecorder, which is supported Read more…

  8. WebAPIs – Firefox OS for developers: the platform HTML5 deserves

    • by • Firefox OS, Video, Videoseries, WebAPI • 1 comment

    In the fifth video of our “Firefox OS – the platform HTML5 deserves” series (part one, part two, part three and part four have already been published) we talk about how Firefox OS extends the capabilities of the Web by adding new APIs, called WebAPIs Read more…

  9. The Proximity API

    • by • Firefox OS, Mobile, WebAPI • 7 comments

    Something that’s very nice with bringing the web to the mobile platform with Firefox OS and WebAPIs is the ability to connect more into the physical world. One part there is the Proximity API, which is also a W3C Working Draft – Proximity Events. What Read more…

  10. Ambient Light Events and JavaScript detection

    • by • Firefox, Firefox OS, WebAPI • 13 comments

    I think that one of the most interesting things with all WebAPIs we’re working on, is to interact directly with the hardware through JavaScript, but also, as an extension to that, with the environment around us. Enter Ambient Light Events. The idea with an API Read more…