As you all know Microsoft has included Mozilla’s asm.js in their Chakra JavaScript Engine, Which powers the Edge browser. Till now asm.js is available behind a flag, Edge Engineering team has enabled this now by default in Windows 10 build 10532.You should be aware that 10532 still a preview build, asm.js hasn’t made to RTM version (can still be turned on by visiting about:flags).
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What’s new for Edge in Windows 10 build 10532
- Pointer Lock (Mouse Lock)
- Extended srcset (sizes)
- Canvas blending modes
- Meter element
- oninvalid event handler
- input type=time
- input type=text selectionDirection
SEE: Tip: Change Edge browser’s Default Download Location without touching the Registry
New Chakra feature available in this preview build are:
- asm.js now enabled by default (previously behind a flag)
- ES2015 Classes now enabled by default (previously behind a flag)
- ES2015 Destructuring now available behind the Experimental JavaScript features flag
- ES2015 conformance updates
- ES2016 Async Functions now available behind the Experimental JavaScript features flag
ALSO SEE: Blazing Fast Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 build 10240 beats Google Chrome in JavaScript Benchmarks
Source: Kyle Pflug