Re: correct and incorrect uses of canvas

On 7/12/2011 12:28 PM, Steve Faulkner wrote:
> hi all,
>
> Accepting that text editing in canvas is not a good idea and buidling 
> traditional complex UIs in canvas is not a good idea.
>
> Is the use of interactivity in canvas appropriate in any circumstance?

There was some debate about remote access being a reasonable use case, 
as well
as debate about whether the rendering of other non-web/legacy formats 
qualified as a reasonable use case.

Is the support of legacy code an acceptable use case?
https://github.com/kripken/emscripten/wiki

emscripten runs LLVM byte code, and -necessarily- uses Canvas for 
painting output.


-Charles

Received on Tuesday, 12 July 2011 19:38:39 UTC