Google Chrome for Android: Information on Google Chrome for Android Beta Release

Published on January 11, 2013 at 9:23 am by Chris Bibey in News

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“With prefixed support for CSS Filters you can apply visual effects like grayscale, blur, and contrast adjustment to the mobile web. Try this demo on Chrome for Android to see filters in action.”

“The new Flexible Box Layout Module simplifies the styling of complex layouts.”

“The dynamic viewport units vw, vh, and vmin can now be used for responsive design.”

“The <track> element for video provides a simple, standardized way to add subtitles, captions, screen reader descriptions, and chapters. Note that it doesn’t work for fullscreen video on Chrome for Android yet.”

“The CSS calc() function can be used anywhere a length is required by a CSS properties. It allows mathematical expressions with addition (‘+’), subtraction (‘-’), multiplication (‘*’), and division (‘/’) to be used as component values.”

“The @sandbox and @srcdoc attributes of the <iframe> element give you more control over inline frames.”

“Unprefixed IndexedDB gives you access to fast, structured client-side storage.”

“Our technique to make desktop web pages more readable on mobile screens (now called Text Autosizing) has been improved and is more consistent with other browsers.”