This comes less than 2 years after the first public working drafts were released - thanks to the great incubation work done in the @w3c Web Assembly #CommunityGroupw3.org/community/webassembly…
#webassembly is a pretty big deal for the Web - it provides a compact, fast-to-parse, fast-to-run binary byte code for the Web, in the right conditions.
It complements #JavaScript for tasks that are CPU intensive, and facilitates porting of non-JS code bases (e.g. game engines)
The first wave of #WebAssembly specs have now finished their path on the @w3c recommendation track - congrats to Andreas Rossberg and @littledan who edited these 3 specs up to their #WebStandard status! #wasm#timetoadopt
Starting from that perspective, @torgo explains how the @w3ctag came to consensus on a set of basic ethical principles embodied (or that needs embodiment) in the architecture of the #WebPlatform:
vimeo.com/366243173
First, hear @torgo on the motivations behind this - the #Web was built and is developed not as a neutral computing platform, but as a platform for social good: vimeo.com/377508039
New from the W3C TAG:
Updated Ethical Web Principles.
• Improved text on accessibility for people with disabilities
• Moving beyond the browser-based web to include data
• Enhanced sustainability language
• Clearer text on 'open' and 'decentralized'
w3.org/2001/tag/doc/ethical-…
A big thank you to @Lady_Ada_King for creating a handy introduction page for developers interested in the immersive web, including WebXR.
immersiveweb.dev/
Day of @w3ctag meeting at the Apple Campus. Love how the design of this building integrates with the surrounding environment. The visitor center needs some work though.
Find out about more #Web technologies developed in @w3c that increase the capabilities of #Webapps, how they apply more specifically to the mobile context📱and what are their current implementations: w3.org/Mobile/roadmap/
Actually, why not offload input events processing to workers? Excellent idea💡! Check out the "Inputs for workers and worklets" proposal: w3.org/2019/11/web-roadmaps/…
Ever struggled with performance because input events have to be processed on the main thread? The "isInputPending" proposal would help #WebApps detect whether there are pending input events that await firing: w3.org/2019/11/web-roadmaps/…