Development history

The bulk of Firmin’s initial development was done in the summer of 2010, but version 1.0 wasn’t released until April 2011.

Version 1.0.0

Released 3rd April 2011.

• First full release.
• Documented the source code with PDoc.
• Updated the website with documentation for the 3D and relative transform functions.
• Made the internal transform representation conform to the CSSMatrix interface.

Version 0.1.4

Released 10th July 2010.

• Added support for 3D transforms.
• Transform are now represented internally as 4x4 matrices.
• The matrix3d transform function is now used where supported.
• Removed Firmin.TransformMatrix.
• Removed outdated benchmarks.
• Documented order of operations issues.

Version 0.1.3

Released 8th July 2010.

• References to old animations are now deleted so they can be garbage collected.
• Added a set of regression tests for transforms.
• Added basic transform support for Opera.
• Added basic transform support for Firefox.

Version 0.1.2

Released 21st June 2010.

• Made absolute transformations the default.
• Added separate relative animation functions with R-postfixed names.
• A separate reference to the next callback to be fired is now stored.

Version 0.1.1

Released 9th June 2010.

• Added callbacks to animation methods.
• Vectors are now used instead of point objects to represent points and transformations internally, but point objects can still be used at the API level.
• Added better inline documentation for core objects and functions.
• Renamed Firmin.CTM to Firmin.TransformMatrix.
• Removed unused accessor method for elements of Firmin.TransformMatrix.

Version 0.1.0

Released 1st June 2010.

• Initial release. Features chained animations using CSS transitions and transforms. Currently for WebKit browsers only.