Latest News
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'MathML in Chromium' project is completed! (10 Jan 2023)
- Igalia's implementation shipped in official Chrome releases.
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Igalia at BlinkOn 17 (18 Nov 2022)
- Igalia announced MathML will ship in Chrome 109.
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March 2022 - Sept 2022 Update - MathML-Core Support (06 Oct 2022)
- An overview of the work done in the last 6 months.
MathML
- A W3C standard for mathematical and scientific content, already included in ISO/IEC, HTML5, ebook and office formats.
- Implemented in the open source web engines used by Firefox (Gecko) and Safari (WebKit).
- One of the most requested web platform features in Google Chrome (using Chromium) and Microsoft Edge (switching to Chromium).
Chromium (Igalia's build), Safari and Firefox
Why is MathML better than other solutions?
- W3C recommendation and web-platform-tests coverage for the best interoperability.
- Native implementation for efficient layout and automatic reflow.
- No external resources required except for purely stylistic information.
- Cross-compatible and high-quality rendering possible using TeX and OpenType MATH rules.
- Visual rendering fully controlled by font and CSS styling.
- Compatible with the other HTML5 technologies for best user and developer experience.
- Formula content works well with browser UI: zooming, select, copy & paste, find text, etc.
- Information properly exposed to assistive technologies.