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by bprater 5436 days ago
I'm curious about the choice to integrate WebGL. How is current browser support around this? What advantage does it offer in building a text editor?
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Browser support is hit and miss. I'm gambling that it will be much better supported in browsers 6 months from now. The advantage is that it allows the smoothing of all the rough edges normally found in editors. Quick zooming to arbitrary levels, completely smooth scrolling... things that aren't traditionally necessary but make for something that is so much more pleasant to use.