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By David Walsh on August 4, 2020

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By David WalshJuly 30, 2013
9 More Mind-Blowing WebGL Demos
With Firefox OS, asm.js, and the push for browser performance improvements, canvas and WebGL technologies are opening a world of possibilities. I featured 9 Mind-Blowing Canvas Demos and then took it up a level with 9 Mind-Blowing WebGL Demos, but I want to outdo...
By David WalshNovember 8, 2010
LightFace: Facebook Lightbox for MooTools
One of the web components I've always loved has been Facebook's modal dialog. This "lightbox" isn't like others: no dark overlay, no obnoxious animating to size, and it doesn't try to do "too much." With Facebook's dialog in mind, I've created LightFace: a Facebook lightbox...

By David WalshDecember 23, 2013
Fullscreen API
As we move toward more true web applications, our JavaScript APIs are doing their best to keep up. One very simple but useful new JavaScript API is the Fullscreen API. The Fullscreen API provides a programmatic way to request fullscreen display from the user, and exit...
By David WalshApril 3, 2016
Web Audio API
The Web Audio API allows developers to load and decode audio on demand using JavaScript. The more I evaluate awesome games for Firefox OS TVs, the more I get to learn about these APIs that I normally wouldn't touch. The following is a very basic introduction to the WebAudio API...