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What's New in MathJax v2.6
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MathJax v2.6 includes a number of new features, as well a more than 70 important bug fixes. The following are some of the highlights.
MathJax v2.6 includes a number of new features, as well a more than 30 important bug fixes. The following are some of the highlights.
Features
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* *Speed improvements.* The HTML-CSS output performance was improved by 30-40% (depending on content complexity, with higher gains in more complex content such as very long documents).
* *New output for fast preview.* The new CommonHTML output provides a rough but 10x-faster rendering. The ``CHTML-preview`` extension will use this fast output as a preview mode for HTML-CSS or SVG output.
* *Improved Content MathML support.* Content MathML is now fully supported via a new extension, in particular this allows customization of the conversion process.
* *Improved elementary math support* The experimental support for elementary math elements has been significantly improved special thanks to David Carlisle.
* *NodeJS compatibility*. Enable the implementation of a NodeJS API (released as `MathJax-node <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax-node>`__).
* *New output.* The new CommonHTML output now provide the same layout quality and MathML support as the HTML-CSS and SVG output. It is on average 40% faster than the other outputs and is identical on all browsers and thus can also be pre-generated on the server via MathJax-node. The fast preview mechanism introduced in v2.5 will remain as a separate component.
* *Accessibility improvements.* The new `AssistiveMML` extension enables compatibility with most MathML-capable screenreaders by inserting visually-hidden MathML alongside MathJax's visual output. See `some link`_ for details on the expected behavior as well as background on the limitations due to lack of web standards and browser/OS technology.
Numerous display bugs, line-breaking problems, and interface issues have been resolved; for a detailed listing please check the `release milestone <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues?milestone=4&state=closed>`__.
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