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Discussion on: Are there any new or upcoming browser APIs you are keeping an eye on?

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Phil Nash

Y'know, I thought the MediaRecorder API was pretty new. But Firefox launched it in 2014 and Chrome followed up in 2016. It's very cool though and it didn't stop me writing about it this week though.

I'm also excited that the web is getting a contacts API. This is one of those things that native apps can do and web apps can't, but this time built with the security model of the web (so apps can't just upload all your contacts without you knowing).

Also on the "well, native can do it" front, the native file system API is also going to expand the potential for web applications.