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Deprecations and removals in Chrome 69

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Deprecations and removals in Chrome 69

Chrome 69 also removed the stalled event from HTMLMediaElements. You'll find the explanation in Audio/Video Updates in Chrome 69 by François Beaufort.

Removal of document.createTouchList()

The TouchEvent() constructor has been supported in Chrome since version 48. To comply with the specification, document.createTouchList() is now removed. The document.createTouch() method was removed in Chrome 68.

Intent to Remove | Chromestatus Tracker | Chromium Bug

The window.confirm() method no longer activates its parent tab

Calling window.confirm() on a background tab will no longer activate that tab. If it is called on a background tab, the function returns immediately with false and no dialog box is shown to the user. If the tab is active, the call behaves as usual.

The window.alert() method was abused by sites for years, allowing them to force themselves to the front, disrupting whatever the user was doing. There was a similar problem with window.prompt(). Because these behaviors were removed in Chrome 64, and 56 respectively, the abuse has been moving to window.confirm().

Intent to Remove | Chromestatus Tracker | Chromium Bug


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