Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering
by greggman3 on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @10:45PM
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I worry about the same thing, but in Google's defense, docs is a wysiwyg document editor, not a webpage for displaying info. It's meant to help users create and edit documents. It has different needs than HTML.
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Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering
by greggman3 on Friday May 14, 2021 @09:38AM
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replying to myself though haha. I use rikaikun, an extension to add popup translations to Japanese words. It obviously won't work on google docs drawn in canvas which sucks if someone posts a link to a google docs doc. It will also suck for support for brail etc... Maybe they'll need a "fallback to HTML" button
I also wonder how they'll support CKJ IMEs. Generally when sites try to do their own input the languages that need an IME get 2nd class support. You can see an example but looking at the Qt WASM examples which draw the entire app in canvas using WebGL. They don't support anything but English