Ample SDK 0.9.4

New features:

• Added XUL overlay element and relevant APIs support
• Added XUL observes element
• Added support for referenced DTDs in XML documents
• Added markup-based localization with @aml:content and @aml:values attributes
• Added custom DOM event interfaces registration API
• Added custom XML processing instructions registration API
• Added ample.$encodeXMLCharacters() and ample.$decodeXMLCharacters() methods
• Added Element.$mapAttribute() method used for mapping attribute change to shadow tree
• Added ample.$init() method for Ample SDK initialization on request (for example when library is loaded by foreign loader)
• Added CSS3 Transitions shim for IE older than 10, enable with "fix-ie-css-transitions" config setting
• Implemented Node.isSameNode() DOM method
• Implemented Node.isDefaultNamespace() DOM method
• Implemented Query.slice() method
• Implemented Query.find() method
• Added Date.now() shim
• Added Function.bind() shim
• Added String.substr() and String.split() shim to fix IE erratic behavior
• Added Number.toFixed() shim to fix IE erratic behavior

• [backwards-incompatible] Removed support for load/unload event on fragments
• [backwards-incompatible] DOMAttrModified event is now dispatched to elements even when they are not in the tree
• ample.bind and query.bind now support space-separated list of event names for binding handlers
• ample.query can take Query object as context for CSS queries
• Refined Date.toJSON() method to include milliseconds
• All Ample SDK exceptions moved to a new AmpleException class
• Changed Backspace, Tab, Esc and Del to use «U+NNN» codes

• ErrorHandler object can now be a function
• CSS pseudo-class :hover now applies to all elements, not only ones marked with $hoverable property.
• Config setting "enable-transitions" now only affects transitions in Resize and Drag&Drop managers

• Issue 81 — Fixed attr() API on SVG elements
• Issue 84 — Fixed quiry string handling in XInclude href attribute
• Issue 103 — Fixed Query.after() and Query.insertAfter() methods
• Issue 107 — Fixed duplicate elements in CSS selectors
• Issue 113 — Fixed oncommand attribute on XUL key elements
• Issue 127 — Fixed XMLSerializer/XSLTProcessor in IE9
• Issue 152 — Ample SDK's API Guard fails cross-window
• Issue 154 — Query.load() ignores the callback
• XMLHttpRequest object got missing constants
• Multiple issues in IE9 related to XML handling
• Multiple XUL elements fixes

• Also expands vendor prefixes for CSS3 "transform" properties
• Disabled all transition effects on pseudo class changes
• Using native hashchange event where suported
• Only run animation routines when requested
• Using importNode to render view in IE9 and later
• runtime.js and runtime-dev.js renamed to runtime-prod.js and runtime.js
• Locale module has been uplifted to the latest version from jQuery community
• Collections population on UI elements changed: now parent listens to DOMNodeInserted and registers child if neccessery, rather than child registering on parent durng DOMNodeInsertedIntoDocument

Ample SDK 0.9.3

New Features:

• Implementation of the good parts of jQuery API. More details in a Ample SDK for jQuery uses tutorial
• Core localization service. Enables UI technologies and applications to accomodate to user locale
• Plugins infrastructure. XSLT and Cookie plugins included with the SDK
• Support for IE9 and FF4
• Added base64 library that bring support for btoa and atob functions to Internet Explorer 6-8
• HTML5 canvas element for IE6-8
• Guarded API in development build
• It is now possible to run Ample SDK from source without need to build

• Simplified UI elements registration API
• Re-visited component-in-component implementation API
• Multiple fixes to SVG implementation for Internet Explorer 6-8
• Multiple improvements to XUL implementation
• Initiated implementation of HTML5 Forms
• Optimized CSS Selectors for #id queires
• Fixed mousewheel event on Mac platform
• Fixed sequences of mousedown/click/dblclick/mouseup events in all browsers

• All Ample SDK classes previously exposed to window with prefix "AML" are now moved to ample.classes object
• XML Schema 1.1 Datatypes module taken out of the core and needs to be included with application when needed.
• UI elements registration mechanism changed. Please refer to the updated Creating UI elements tutorial
• textInput event renamed to textinput to reflect latest changes in DOM Events specification
• Removed Serializer and Namespace objects
• Modality Manager changed

• Charts do not work in Internet Explorer 9.0
• Focus doesn't move properly in element with anonymous content
• Dynamically created SVG elements in Interent Explorer 6.0-8.0 don't render properly

Ample SDK 0.9.2

Highlights:

• Added support for touch-based devices to the core (thanks Emil Stolk)
• Refactored XHTML/XUL imeplementations
• Internet Explorer 9 Preview 3 support
• History manager APIs adjusted to HTML5 proposal
• Implemented effectAllowed, dropEffect in DragAndDrop manager
• Implemented setDragImage in DragAndDrop manager
• Implemented tabIndex handling in focus manager
• Added $abort method to Content Loader module
• Added support for all standard color names
• Added supoprt for Array.reduce, Array.reduceRight, String.trim, String.trimRight, String.trimLeft
• Added readystatechange event and readyState event on Document
• Automatic vendor-specific border-box, outline-radius, border-radius, box-shadow names expansion
• Added @placeholder attribute support in XUL textbox
• Implemented HTML WYSIWYG editor element in XUL
• Tweaked XUL default theme styling
• Optimized core performance by the means of bypassing external API validation internally

• History manager fixed for IE8
• getBoundingClientRect() fixed
• :not() CSSselector fixed
• > direct child CSS selector fixed
• Fully implemented compareDocumentPosition()
• Dynamic manipulations on boxed elements in XUL fixed
• keydown events now repeat in Opera as they do in other browsers
• Events originated on modal nodes now have correct $pseudoTarget
• Fixed text selection problem while dragging

• Removed support for getElementsByAttribute(NS)
• Deprecated AMLSerializer, introduced AMLNode.toXML method
• Methods $setCapture/$releaseCapture renamed to setCapture/releaseCapture

Ample SDK 0.9.1

Highlights:

• Tweaked to run in IE9 Preview
• Imported W3C SVG 1.1 Full Test Suite
• User-Agent header sent with all XMLHttpRequest operations changed to X-User-Agent
• Added "X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest" HTTP header
• createTextNode and createCDATASection now accept any datatype in DOM-Core
• SVG elements' inline handlers now get proper parameter "evt" instead of "event"
• fixed :not selector in Selectors API
• support for multiple pseudo-class selectors (:focus:hover etc) in CSS
• charts now support width given in percents
• implemented @treelines attribute on tree element in XUL
• re-factored wizard/dialog/window presentation in XUL
• fixed headers scrolling in tree/listview elements in XUL
• fixed broken toolbarbutton's popup position in XUL
• "svg" element now has "load" event in SVG
• "script" tag implemented (SVG)
• @color attribute and "currentColor" value implemented in SVG
• xml:base attribute support on "image" elements in SVG
• image element can now be also trasnformed and have opacity too in SVG
• support for "inherit" value in SVG
• polygon element now has its path closed in SVG
• re-factored several core functions to not be called through API

Ample SDK 0.8.7

New functionality:

• SVG 1.1 Text Module
• SVG 1.1 CSS Support
• SVG 1.1 transform attribute
• AMLElement.getBoundingClientRect implemented
• AMLElement.scrollIntoView implemented
• $setModal/$releaseModal on
• capture event in Capture Manager

Ample SDK 0.8.4

New functionality:

• SMIL 3.0 implementation (selected modules)
• XML Schema 1.1 Part 2: Datatypes
• Native support for JavaScript Array methods: indexOf, lastIndexOf, filter, forEach, every, map, some

• hashchange event introduced, old "navigate" to be deprecated
• switched to using HTML5 doctype

Ample SDK 0.8.3

Integrations:

• Aptana IDE plug-in
• Adobe Air supported

• JSON Object support
• Selection Manager
• :drag, :drop, :resize, :focus pseudo-classes
• CSS properties min-/max-|width/height in Resize manager
• suport for display:inline-block in Internet Explorer
• Experimental draft implemenation of SVG 1.1 (selected modules)

Changes:

• AMLLanguage renamed to AMLNamespace
• XUL and AML partially re-factored

Ample SDK 0.8

New functionality:

• Capture Manager
• XSLTProcessor

Ample SDK RC

New functionality:

• XUL (90%)

Ample SDK Beta 4

New functionality:

• AML (75%)
• XUL (75%)
• CSS Selectors API
• Data Binding

Ample SDK Beta 3

New functionality:

• AML (basic elements)
• XUL (50%)
• XHTML (SPI support)
• Resize Manager

Ample SDK Beta 2

New functionality:

• XUL (basic elements)
• Lazy Loader Manager
• Drag&Drop Manager
• History Manager

• property $focusItem renamed to $focusable (Focus Manager)
• property $focusGroup renamed to tabIndex (Focus Manager)

Ample SDK Beta 1

Basic functionality:

• DOM-Core
• DOM-Events
• XInclude 1.0
• XML Events 1.0
• Focus Manager
• Legacy Manager
• XHTML