SteemJS: Upgrades, Bugfixes, New Release

I think I made a big contribution for STEEM community and I decided to write about it on utopian.
SteemJS library has been abandoned since 23 January and none pull request had been accepted.

I develop big project connected to steem network. Recently I really needed some crucial fixes in steemJS, because nobody answered my cries I've decided to do them on my own. I resolve and apply crucial changes on my own version of steemJS which I released under the name:
"steem-js-refactored".

Fixes includes:

1. Webworker support - Now complex cryptographic computation may be moved to other webbrowser thread. Without these changes whole web browser always freezes for 3 seconds during encryptions.
   I add new context for websockets which were hold in window object, which does not exist in webworker thread.

https://github.com/steemit/steem-js/compare/master...BartolomeoItaliano:ws-stream-blocks-after-connection-regained

1. streamTransactions method fix - After short internet connection loss was stopping work or was losing blocks - Now even after long connection loss it works properly.
   I remove "release" method calls and add "keepAliveTimeout" which keeps alive streaming transactions after connections regained.

https://github.com/steemit/steem-js/compare/master...BartolomeoItaliano:ws-stream-blocks-after-connection-regained
(First two problems I resolved on one branch)

1. Webworker support for "secure-random" library - SteemJS dependency also hasn't got webworker support I added it and temporary release my version of this library.
   I added new context handling in library.

https://github.com/jprichardson/secure-random/pull/9/files

1. All tests where fixed on master.
   https://github.com/steemit/steem-js/compare/master...BartolomeoItaliano:tests-fix-on-master-issue%23349

2. Scripts has been adjusted to work on windows
   https://github.com/steemit/steem-js/compare/master...BartolomeoItaliano:scripts-adjustment-for-windows

3. I am unifiyng library to ES6, however it is still in progress.

I see people are losing their patience to steemJS library, everyday I am being pinged by people asking for help and no one answers their questions.
I am pretty busy in my current job and if I want to help them I need to work less in my job.

I didn't know how to structure this post better, I read that pull-requests has to be acepted to post here, however what to do if contributors looks dead?

Sincerely Bartosz546

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