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Re:Brilliant use of CSS drop shadows by ciroduran on Thursday February 17, 2011 @10:21AM (#2231191)
Because these calculations are done on software, not GPU. GPU programming is hard. Using the GPU requires extra-integration and extra-work that most developers are not willing to do.
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Re:Brilliant use of CSS drop shadows by vlod on Thursday February 17, 2011 @11:00AM (#2231363)
I think browsers are moving to using the GPU: chrome: http://dropshado.ws/post/2857434171/chrome-gpu-accelerated-c...

ie: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2010/03/16/internet-explor...

ff: http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/09/firefox-4-beta-5-brings-g...

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Re:Brilliant use of CSS drop shadows by JonnieCache on Thursday February 17, 2011 @11:36AM (#2231536)
>Using the GPU requires extra-integration and extra-work that most developers are not willing to do.

Once again, microsoft's decision to deliberately stagnate the browser market making life difficult for us all.

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Re:Brilliant use of CSS drop shadows by chadgeidel on Thursday February 17, 2011 @11:46AM (#2231585)
Wait, when did MS prevent other browser manufacturers from including hardware-accelerated rendering?

Also - to specifically counter your point IE9 will have hardware accelerated rendering via Direct2D: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2009/11/18/an-early-look-...

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Re:Brilliant use of CSS drop shadows by JonnieCache on Thursday February 17, 2011 @12:02PM (#2231677)
They actually completely stopped development on IE between version 6 and 7. There was no IE dev team, beyond people patching bugs.

Obviously this did not prevent other people doing GPU-acceleration, but the leading player deliberately halting development will and did cause the market to stagnate.

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Re:Brilliant use of CSS drop shadows by chc on Thursday February 17, 2011 @01:02PM (#2231982)
That's not really relevant to the issue at hand, though. Bringing up Microsoft's misbehavior with IE 6 in this context is like bringing up the time a kid cut in front of you for lunch in third grade when you meet him in college.
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Re:Brilliant use of CSS drop shadows by notyourwork on Thursday February 17, 2011 @04:34PM (#2232961)
Did said kid continue to cut you in 4th grade, 5th grade ..., nth grade before you entered college?
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Re:Brilliant use of CSS drop shadows by MikeMakesIt on Thursday February 17, 2011 @06:41PM (#2233426)
This isn't relevant and as much as IE6 is a pain in the ass, it's time to get over it.
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