Re: [whatwg] Canvas-Only Document Type

Thank you for those informative comments, Elliott.

My own tests in Firefox reflect yours and Boris's feedback.  While
there is clearly overhead from non-Canvas vectors, it's pretty minor.

On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Elliott Sprehn <esprehn@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 7:37 AM, Brian Blakely <anewpage.media@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I agree, that would be valuable.  This proposal is coming from the
>> direction that sweeping out the main thread, and leaving only what is
>> necessary for a full Canvas experience, would benefit such
>> experiences.
>>
>
> Blink doesn't actually schedule anything related to CSS or layout on the
> main thread if all you're doing is drawing to <canvas> so you wouldn't be
> saving any main thread time. I doubt having those features is causing you
> any jank. They do use some memory, but for a document with nothing but a
> <canvas> I suspect it's very little.
>
> - E

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