Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering
by SavantIdiot on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @04:26PM
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Hmmm... maybe I should have chosen a different acronym.
What you expected to see isn't alwasy what you got.
WYETSIAWYG
Rendering across browsers and operating systems was a trainwreck until maybe 5 years ago (over a decade of polyfill is finally gone). And even with an ecosystem like ElectronJS + Bootstrap, Win10 MacOS and Linux all look slightly different.
So yes and no to "DOM was always...", but more "No."
What you expected to see isn't alwasy what you got.
WYETSIAWYG
Rendering across browsers and operating systems was a trainwreck until maybe 5 years ago (over a decade of polyfill is finally gone). And even with an ecosystem like ElectronJS + Bootstrap, Win10 MacOS and Linux all look slightly different.
So yes and no to "DOM was always...", but more "No."