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Chrome has been pushing Houdini [1] for years. It doesn't have special WASM integration right now AFAICT but it is basically a lower level layout & rendering AP
by themacguffinman 5y ago
Chrome has been pushing Houdini [1] for years. It doesn't have special WASM integration right now AFAICT but it is basically a lower level layout & rendering API for the browser.
[1] https://ishoudinireadyyet.com/ https://ishoudinireadyyet.com/
- PoignardAzur 5y agoI've looked at Houdini again and I'm not convinced. First, because it's more like OpenGL 3 (add more powerful APIs) than Vulkan (clean room design). Second, it seems mostly abandoned. The page you cited lists multiple sub-proposals that have "No signal" even from the Chrome team. All mentions of Houdini I can find on developers.google.com are from 2018. I can't find anything about Houdini integration with WebAssembly, which is what I'd expect if development was ongoing. Overall, I'm seeing everything I would expect to see in the timeline where Mozilla has no intention of ever implementing Houdini, and Google has decided it's not worth pursuing beyond what's already implemented.