Changelog

[1.2] - 2024-12-15

New APIs

  • modify webxdc.selfAddr to return a per-app identifier that can be used for the new "notify" list

  • add new update.notify attribute to allow causing a user-visible system notification to raise awareness that something in an app changed

  • add new update.href attribute so that clicking info messages will provide a "deep link" into an app to ease navigation

  • add new webxdc.sendUpdateMaxInterval and webxdc.sendUpdateMaxSize rate limits which helps apps to adapt to transport characteristics/limitations

Deprecations

  • webxdc.sendUpdate does not take a "descr" argument anymore.

Other changes

  • shifted "supported" DOM/Javascript features from the FAQ into the messenger spec section

  • improved wording in several places