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I can appreciate the honesty of that video.

by bttf 11y ago

perlgeek 11y ago
This bug (input field doesn't scroll automatically, but spills its text into the surrounding elements) is a good demonstration of just how many, many small details you have take care of when implementing a browser engine. A really monumental task. The servo devs have my respect!
- oneeyedpigeon 11y ago
  Maybe I'm missing something hugely obvious, but shouldn't the input field be rendered using a native control which would preemptively eliminate that bug and reduce the need for rewriting code that's been written countless times before?
  - dumbmatter 11y ago
    There's probably many reasons, but one is that native controls don't support everything in CSS.
  - Manishearth 11y ago
    dumbmatter is correct, we can't arbitrarily style things via CSS with native controls. Eventually we do want them to look more like the controls on the platform they're running on, though.
  - pcwalton 11y ago
    > shouldn't the input field be rendered using a native control which would preemptively eliminate that bug and reduce the need for rewriting code that's been written countless times before? Broadly speaking, native controls don't like being composited into OpenGL scenes (which are necessary for things like 3D transforms).
aravindet 11y ago
Haha. Maybe related: https://github.com/servo/servo/issues/4378 https://github.com/servo/servo/issues/4378
- JupiterMoon 11y ago
  I wonder if anyone has thought of including screencasting in bug reporting for bugs in guis?
  - bjz_ 11y ago
    We used to use LICEcap at my old work for that.
    - Rexxar 11y ago
      Wonderful, you just make aware of the software that do exactly what I need today :-)
      - enimodas 11y ago
        There's also https://github.com/thetarkus/WebMCam https://github.com/thetarkus/WebMCam which records in a more modern format than gif.
        xena 11y ago
        On Windows only.
        Rexxar 11y ago
        Looks potentially better but I experience lots of crash/freeze
  - nickysielicki 11y ago
    For anyone wondering how to do this on linux, I use recordmydesktop and ffmpeg to make small webms (~2mb). Highly recommend it. `recordmydesktop --windowid $(xwininfo)` and click the window you want to record. `ffmpeg -i out.ogv -o final.webm` and you're done! recordmydesktop is available in most distros afaik.

I can appreciate the honesty of that video.

by bttf 11y ago

I can appreciate the honesty of that video.

This bug (input field doesn't scroll automatically, but spills its text into the surrounding elements) is a good demonstration of just how many, many small details you have take care of when implementing a browser engine. A really monumental task. The servo devs have my respect!

oneeyedpigeon 11y ago
Maybe I'm missing something hugely obvious, but shouldn't the input field be rendered using a native control which would preemptively eliminate that bug and reduce the need for rewriting code that's been written countless times before?
- dumbmatter 11y ago
  There's probably many reasons, but one is that native controls don't support everything in CSS.
- Manishearth 11y ago
  dumbmatter is correct, we can't arbitrarily style things via CSS with native controls. Eventually we do want them to look more like the controls on the platform they're running on, though.
- pcwalton 11y ago
  > shouldn't the input field be rendered using a native control which would preemptively eliminate that bug and reduce the need for rewriting code that's been written countless times before? Broadly speaking, native controls don't like being composited into OpenGL scenes (which are necessary for things like 3D transforms).

aravindet 11y ago

Haha. Maybe related: https://github.com/servo/servo/issues/4378 https://github.com/servo/servo/issues/4378

JupiterMoon 11y ago
I wonder if anyone has thought of including screencasting in bug reporting for bugs in guis?
- bjz_ 11y ago
  We used to use LICEcap at my old work for that.
  - Rexxar 11y ago
    Wonderful, you just make aware of the software that do exactly what I need today :-)
    - enimodas 11y ago
      There's also https://github.com/thetarkus/WebMCam https://github.com/thetarkus/WebMCam which records in a more modern format than gif.
      - xena 11y ago
        On Windows only.
      - Rexxar 11y ago
        Looks potentially better but I experience lots of crash/freeze
- nickysielicki 11y ago
  For anyone wondering how to do this on linux, I use recordmydesktop and ffmpeg to make small webms (~2mb). Highly recommend it. `recordmydesktop --windowid $(xwininfo)` and click the window you want to record. `ffmpeg -i out.ogv -o final.webm` and you're done! recordmydesktop is available in most distros afaik.