Among the different JavaScript libraries that you can find, the Modernizr is considered to be one of the most popular. When the latest version, the Modernizr 2.6 was finally released, many expect to have new features along with other functions.
What is Modernizr?
Modernizr is a widely used JavaScript library for HTML5 or CSS3. It helps you find out if a particular feature is in a browser. Apart from just searching for the browser features, the results also come up with the creation of Java-script object which are shown as properties. Classes on the HTML element are also shown while being allowed to be embedded in the CSS.
Features and Functions
With its latest versions, there are also new features that developers can expect from Modernizr 2.6. For instance, the design platform of Modernizr is new. This new design platform allows the detections of more essential detects. Some of the detects for modernizr are the following: CSS regions, CSS filters and Scope Styles among others. There is also another feature which is the Geolocation. This allows you to have a native location detect for a browser and share it to trusted websites.
Many web developers use Modernizr firstly because it is an open source platform which offers a wide range of web designs for various user experiences depending on the capacities of a browse. For many web designers, Modernizr is a highly useful platform. When it comes to HTML5, this platform also provides various styling elements for Internet Explorer. The new version of Modernizr has definitely enhanced the features of the platform in order to allow web developers to build website with JavaScript foundation.
Modernizr 2.6 also comes with extended techniques. For instance, the Modernizr 2.6 now uses the property of a Flexbox. Before, it used the Flexbox legacy. The main strength of this update property is that it has various positioning elements. It also verifies if there is any shortcoming when it comes to the float-based layout feature. Other detections for the latest version includes: font face, border image, border radius, box shadow and background size. There are other features for detections used in the following methods: Modernizr. prefixed(), media query testing(), extensibility, testStyles and testProp(), testAllProps(), hasEvent() and _prefixes; _domPrefixes.
The enhanced Modernizr 2.6 is definitely a very essential part of every web designer’s toolkit. Using this tool allows you to have faster and reliable method for actual feature detections.