Re: hit testing and retained graphics

On Jun 29, 2011, at 7:23 AM, Blessing, Kimberly wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Paul Bakaus
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 9:33 AM
>> 
>> Mostly, today's canvas applications are game
>> demos and drawing apps.
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> Finally, I want to end this little rant by reiterating that canvas is
>> absolutely *not* used much in the wild.
> 
> I have heard similar comments from other developers and wanted to address the points Paul raised.
> 
> Canvas is targeted as the near-future development platform for set-top boxes -- which would impact a very large number of people. Consumer electronics manufacturers are buying in to HTML5 and my understanding is that canvas could be used to render not just the on-screen guides but even the video streams.


This sounds unlikely to me. Rendering HD video via canvas on the relatively underpowered hardware of a set top box is not feasible.

Regards,
Maciej

Received on Friday, 1 July 2011 06:09:57 UTC