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* And now, for the Direct2D in Firefox show, starring Bas Schouten! | * And now, for the Direct2D in Firefox show, starring Bas Schouten! | ||
** [http://www.basschouten.com/blog1.php/2009/11/22/direct2d-hardware-rendering-a-browser Bas's blog post on Direct2D] was featured in a [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10403604-2.html cnet news article on Direct2D in Firefox]. | ** [http://www.basschouten.com/blog1.php/2009/11/22/direct2d-hardware-rendering-a-browser Bas's blog post on Direct2D] was featured in a [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10403604-2.html cnet news article on Direct2D in Firefox]. | ||
** Direct2D provides vector graphics rendering on the GPU. It is implemented as a backend to cairo. | |||
** Large performance improvements in scrolling. | |||
** Large improvements in dynamic websites using a lot of transformations and blending operations. | |||
** Possible implementation strategies: | |||
*** Switched on for all D3D10+ cards, blacklist buggy hardware. | |||
*** Switch off by default, whitelist hardware/driver versions. | |||
*** Possibly additionally whitelist D3D9 cards. | |||
= Layout Update = | = Layout Update = | ||