[webkit-help] hardware accelerated rendering path

[Ariya Hidayat]

> Is it possible we apply this rule to a more general web page, like the way
> similar to what FireFox has adopted by using Direct2D on Windows port.

Yes, this is usually taken care at the platform graphics stack which a
certain port is using. CoreGraphics, Skia, Qt's QPainter, and Cairo
all have support (sometimes through a defined back-end) for
hardware-accelerated primitive drawing.

Some stuff I have written about this subject:
http://www.sencha.com/blog/understanding-hardware-acceleration-on-mobile-browsers/
http://ariya.ofilabs.com/2011/06/your-webkit-port-is-special-just-like-every-other-port.html



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