This month in Servo: variable fonts, network tools, SVG
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- Servo merged 447 pull requests in August, marking another record month.
- Implemented rendering inline SVG elements, improving website appearance.
- Added support for CSS 'font-variation-settings' on desktop platforms.
- Developer tools advanced with a functional network monitor panel and JS debugger improvements.
- Fixed hit testing crashes by making the operation synchronous.
- Upgraded to SpiderMonkey v140 and implemented parts of the Trusted Types API.
- IndexedDB implementation progressed, now supporting autoincrement keys and error reporting.
- CSS geometry test suite passes over 99.6% due to new implementations.
- Performance improvements include throttling the document rendering loop to 60 FPS.
- Servo's WebDriver implementation now passes 80% of conformance tests.
- servoshell improvements include favicons in the tab bar and better popup dialog handling.
- Servo's funding increased to $5,552/month, supporting CI servers and maintainers.