howler.js

Fixes

• Opera 100+ version detection regex now works correctly
• pannerAttr method now sets values on first call (previously required multiple calls)
• Buffer refresh on unloaded sounds no longer throws errors

• FIXED Fatal error in Chrome for iOS (#1491).

The README has been updated with more examples and various clarifications. PRs/issues with suggestions for further improvements are appreciated.

• CHANGED Include keydown event when unlocking audio (#1417).
• CHANGED The audio state is changed to loading while the player is buffering ([#1444](https://github.com/goldfire/howler.js/pull/...

• FIXED The latest Safari 14 changed how WAV support was detected (#1415).
• FIXED Edge case that could cause an infinite loop while fading (#1369).
• FIXED Calling seek without a seek value while a file was still loading no longer adds it to the queue and correctly returns 0 ([#1189](...

• ADDED New xhr property that allows setting custom headers (such as for auth), changing the withCredentials setting and specifying the HTTP method for the request. These only apply to Web Audio (#997).
• ADDED New Howler.stop() global stop method to stop all sounds at once (#1308). -...

• FIXED Don't try to obtain HTML5 audio if there is no audio support (#1191).
• FIXED The x/y/z orientations for the top of the listener weren't being set properly (#1221).
• FIXED Race condition that could prevent looping audio from always looping ([#1225](https://github.com/goldfire/ho...

• FIXED Removed browser check for auto play unlock since all major browsers now implement this.
• FIXED Live streams now stop downloading when they are stopped, also fixing issue in Chrome with stopping twice (#1129).
• FIXED Prevent error in Edge when Audio isn't supported (#1147).

• FIXED Regression that broke simple play/pause usage in certain edge cases (#1101).
• FIXED Loading and unloading multiple Howls with the same src could cause them all to unload (#1103).

• ADDED Howler now maintains a general pool of HTML5 Audio nodes that are unlocked on first user input, which fixes issues with subsequent HTML5 Audio plays not working (#1008).
• ADDED New global html5PoolSize option that allows setting the default size of the HTML5 Audio object pool ([#1008](https://github.com/goldfire/howler.js/pull/1008...

• FIXED Errors with touch events and blocked click events in Chrome (#1003 #1011 #1025 #1026).
• FIXED Audio decoding error wasn't always handled correctly ([#1019](https://github.com...