Connexions Blog: Connexions Improves Math Display

Today, we updated Connexions to use MathJax to display MathML. MathJax is a JavaScript library that can render MathML across all browsers. What does MathJax mean to users?

• Math is displayed the same way across all browsers. We previously had unique solutions for different browsers.
• Math displays correctly in Chrome and Safari which allows us to fully support them. This also means that authors can use Chrome and Safari to create content.
• The MathPlayer plugin is no longer needed in Internet Explorer. Math displays correctly without it.
  
• MathJax includes a zoom feature that pops open a "zoom box" when math is clicked on. You can see an example in the screenshot with this post.

We have also improved the math display in our EPUB ebook files. Some ebook readers are lacking the needed fonts to display complex math. We are now including those fonts in the EPUBs.

You can see the entire list of changes in our release notes. Let us know how you like the new math either in the comments or at cnx@cnx.org.