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Google maps doesn't work without WebGL, and some other map related websites like mappilary.
by legulere 10y ago
Google maps doesn't work without WebGL, and some other map related websites like mappilary.
- Animats 10y agoRight, but the proposal is about an API which lets web applications do shader-language stuff beyond the level of WebGL. Is this really necessary?
- deafcalculus 10y agoThe new APIs (Vulkan, DX12, Metal) are mostly about performance. I can't think of any major thing that you can't implement in WebGL. But, a portable 3d API would be awesome for native apps. And, why not have that be the 3d API for the web too? Like WebGL / OpenGL ES 2.
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- mirimir 10y agoIt seems to work in Firefox with WebGL disabled.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoWhy on Earth (no pun intended) should Google Maps require WebGL? Another example of people losing focus on providing actual value with the products they make.
- maxerickson 10y agoPhones.