Re: Thoughts on canvas compositing

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Simon Fraser <smfr@me.com> wrote:

> That's not true of all user agents. For example, WebKit on Mac will use a
> fast, GPU-based path for compositing a WebGL canvas. It's also able to do
> this while preserving correct CSS rendering in most cases; for example, you
> can position other HTML content on top of the WebGL.
>

The same is true for Firefox 4 everywhere we have enabled usage of the GPU
(currently Mac and Windows for drivers we trust). I believe it's also true
for IE9. It's also true for 2D canvas on those browsers.

I really don't see the need for any new properties. I think the onus is on
> the browser developers to detect and implement compositing optimizations
> when they can.
>

I agree.

Rob
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