[Gnash-dev] Re: [Gnash-commit] gnash/doc/C internals.xml

[dolphinling]

Ann Barcomb wrote:
> CVSROOT:        /sources/gnash
> Module name:    gnash
> Changes by:     Ann Barcomb <ann> 07/01/03 12:30:41
>
> Modified files:
> 	doc/C          : internals.xml 
>
> Log message:
>         The minimum version number of Firefox was corrected from 1.5 to 1.05.
>
> ...
>  
>        <para>
>         One future thought for the plugin is to use the new Firefox
> -       1.5 or greater version of Firefox. This version has added a
> +       1.05 or greater version of Firefox. This version has added a
>         drawable canvas window that supports hardware acceleration, and
>         is designed to support things like rendering directly into the
>  	canvas without needing OpenGL. 

Canvas didn't appear until Firefox 2.0. (There never was a 1.05, either, 
although there was a 1.0.5)

Although, if this is talking about using canvas for gnash's rendering, I 
_seriously_ doubt that would be a workable idea. For one thing, it would make 
text selection impossible since canvas is bitmap only, for another it would add 
another *several* layers of overhead and would probably make decent performance 
near impossible, and there's probably a bunch of other problems as well. You can 
talk to people who know more about it than me (I haven't used it for anything, 
though I did follow as it was being specced) but I think the paragraph should 
probably just be removed.

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dolphinling
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