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Re:Skia Canvas: Browser-Less Implementation of the HTML Canv... by pjmlp on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @02:44PM (#42321262)
Well, the whole point is the native 2D library on the OSes that Skia depends on, APIs that take direct advantage of OS 2D and 3D OS APIs, and not some third party.
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Re:Skia Canvas: Browser-Less Implementation of the HTML Canv... by epcoa on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @03:16PM (#42321582)
Are Vulkan and OpenGL OS “native” or 3rd party? I think this is sort of a semantics hairsplitting argument that isn’t terribly useful.

Skia is useful because it provides a powerful, performance oriented common target 2D drawing library, and it is more than a lowest common denominator wrapper.

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Re:Skia Canvas: Browser-Less Implementation of the HTML Canv... by pjmlp on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @04:43PM (#42322342)
They are on the platforms that offer them as OS APIs, Skia isn't, it is a wrapper on top.

It could be Qt, SDL, SFML, or anything else with similar goals.

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