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Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering by themacguffinman on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @09:42PM (#27137506)
Chrome has been pushing Houdini [1] for years. It doesn't have special WASM integration right now AFAICT but it is basically a lower level layout & rendering API for the browser.

[1] https://ishoudinireadyyet.com/

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Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering by PoignardAzur on Sunday May 16, 2021 @12:14PM (#27174645)
I've looked at Houdini again and I'm not convinced.

First, because it's more like OpenGL 3 (add more powerful APIs) than Vulkan (clean room design).

Second, it seems mostly abandoned. The page you cited lists multiple sub-proposals that have "No signal" even from the Chrome team. All mentions of Houdini I can find on developers.google.com are from 2018. I can't find anything about Houdini integration with WebAssembly, which is what I'd expect if development was ongoing.

Overall, I'm seeing everything I would expect to see in the timeline where Mozilla has no intention of ever implementing Houdini, and Google has decided it's not worth pursuing beyond what's already implemented.

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