Mozilla developer central announced the availability of Gran Paradiso Alpha 2, the early developer milestone for the next generation of Mozilla’s layout engine, Gecko 1.9. The new release introduce several new features :
- Core layout code affecting the calculation of widths in tables, floats, and absolutely positioned elements has been rewritten. The code for handling incremental layout of pages (as data arrives over the network, as images load, or as dynamic changes are made) has also been changed extensively.
- Resolved remaining issues with ACID2 test compliance.
- Support for the Web Apps 1.0 API for changing stylesheets.
- The inline-block and inline-table values of CSS 2.1’s display property are now implemented.
- XML documents can now be rendered as they’re downloaded instead of only after the full document has been loaded.
- Greatly improved Mac widgets support since Alpha 1.
- Improvements in the Cairo graphics layer.
Download Gran Paradiseo Alpha 2, and notice that this version is for developers and beta testers only.
