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Random idea: they might be using a single pixel "image" that they generate in memory, and then handing that image to their tiling routine, which duplicates and
by tlack 17y ago
Random idea: they might be using a single pixel "image" that they generate in memory, and then handing that image to their tiling routine, which duplicates and tiles it all over the massive resolutions we use today. Back in the day, using small tiling images on webpages was discouraged because slower computers/browsers would take forever to render them, even though they were simplistic in appearance.
- rbanffy 17y agoThey are probably also anti-aliasing the sold color with a recursive algorithm.
- jcl 17y agoAccording to the article, using a solid-colored image for the background is actually a workaround for the problem. The fact that the symptom is a hard 30-second delay independent of processor speed, resolution, or graphics card suggests that the computer is not actually chugging through anything.