Page Visibility API

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Introduction to the Page Visibility API A major pain point for web developers is knowing when users are actually interacting with the page. If a page is minimized or hidden behind another tab, it may not make sense to continue functionality...

David Walsh :: PHP, CSS, MooTools, jQuery, and Eve

JavaScript Battery API Mozilla Aurora 11 was recently released with a bevy of new features. One of those great new features is their initial implementation of the Battery Status API. This simple API provides you information...

David Walsh :: PHP, CSS, MooTools, jQuery, and Eve

The element.dataset API A while back I showed you the awesome classList API, which allows simple addition, removal, and toggling of CSS classes without the need for parsing the className.  Another simple API available in Fir...

David Walsh :: PHP, CSS, MooTools, jQuery, and Eve

HTML5 classList API Having thrust myself into the world of JavaScript and JavaScript Libraries, I’ve often wondered: When are browser vendors going to see the helper methods/libraries created by the JavaScript tool...

David Walsh :: PHP, CSS, MooTools, jQuery, and Eve

Google Font API Google recently debuted a new web service called the Font API.  Google’s Font API provides developers a means by which they may quickly and painlessly add custom fonts to their website.  LetR...

David Walsh :: PHP, CSS, MooTools, jQuery, and Eve

XBox Live Gamer API I’ve thought long and hard about this, and I still can’t decide whether or not I should consider myself a “gamer.” During my lifetime, I’ve owned an original Nintendo, Se...