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Re:CanvasKit – Skia and WebAssembly by hackcasual on Friday July 19, 2019 @02:58PM (#20481510)
Sure, and that's actually what FireFox does, but not everyone is going to prioritize that approach.
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Re:CanvasKit – Skia and WebAssembly by c-smile on Friday July 19, 2019 @03:04PM (#20481549)
So it is doable. QED.
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Re:CanvasKit – Skia and WebAssembly by hackcasual on Friday July 19, 2019 @05:02PM (#20482405)
So because someone can abstract away the underlying graphics library, CanvasKit shouldn't exist?
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Re:CanvasKit – Skia and WebAssembly by c-smile on Friday July 19, 2019 @06:32PM (#20482987)
No.

Because browser already contains Skia (or Direct2D). In native (most performant) form.

Why do you need to download and run Skia inside Skia?

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