Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering
by skyde on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @01:49PM
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Can someone explain why https://makepad.dev/ is extremely slow and "unusable" on Microsoft Edge browser but run smoothly on Chrome?
Is it because of bad WebGL perf on JavasSript perf in general?
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Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering
by slaymaker1907 on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @02:24PM
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Did you try using dev/canary Edge? It should pretty much be the same rendering engine and JS engine as Chrome. Definitely report this to the Edge team if you have the time (very easy to do from the dev version of Edge). In my experience, they are very responsive to bug reports and feature suggestions.
Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering
by rikarendsmp on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @05:34PM
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Back in the day i made it work on Edge on an xbox. This was microsofts browser +JS engine. Nowadays its just chrome though. If it has problems, i'd be highly surprised.
Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering
by tyingq on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @02:09PM
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Another possibility is code that acts differently depending on user-agent.
Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering
by rikarendsmp on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @04:39PM
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It most definitely does not.
Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering
by ComputerGuru on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @02:05PM
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Edge or Edgium?
Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering
by yonl on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @02:21PM
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For me, it's not very fast in chrome.
Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering
by fulafel on Thursday May 13, 2021 @01:38AM
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You might be getting the software rendering webgl implementation if there are GPU driver problems (https://blog.chromium.org/2016/06/universal-rendering-with-s...).
(Of course in principle you don't need hardware acceleration to make this kind of thing run fast...)
Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering
by ehsankia on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @03:51PM
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Can you give a bit more flavor to "not very fast"? I'm on a measly chromebook and scrolling, selecting text, expanding directories, everything is smooth and high framerate.
Is there a specific operation that is not fast? Opening it for the first time took a few seconds but afterwards it was pretty buttery.
Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering
by rikarendsmp on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @04:40PM
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Makepad kinda has a minimum GPU spec. It's aging-out for the people who don't have this, but some people still don't have gpu's that can bitblit their screen with a solid color.
Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering
by rikarendsmp on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @04:24PM
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I tried for it not to be, however there is no technically specific reason no.