Re:Chrome dev on WebGL security and Microsoft bullshit
by rbanffy on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @09:01AM
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> but they aren't really hiding it.
That's not exactly true. I never saw a Microsoft press release clearly stating they funded a report they are referring to. They usually read like "$firm has published a study showing $product destined to dominate" or something like it.
And I am sure that the ContextIS report is accurate and that WebGL represents a security risk, but TFA is also right - if WebGL is a security risk, than so are Silverlight 5 and Flash and Java applets, which are and will be everywhere anyway.
But because WebGL will get multiple competing implementations and everything is in public review, I'm also sure that it will be just better than the various other browser plugins that allow access to the GPU. The only problem with this picture would be IExplorer, since it has such awful upgrade cycles, that's why I'm kind of hoping they won't implement WebGL instead of coming up with something half-baked that ruins the experience for everybody.
I also couldn't care less about Gartner and IDC predictions: they never predicted anything worthwhile anyway. But WP7 will be popular. Maybe less than both Android and iOS, but popular nonetheless.