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I'm no game dev, but wouldn't porting from OpenGL to WebGL be much simpler than porting to 2D Canvas? I know IE doesn't support WebGL, so I'm just wondering ho
by MatthewPhillips 15y ago
I'm no game dev, but wouldn't porting from OpenGL to WebGL be much simpler than porting to 2D Canvas? I know IE doesn't support WebGL, so I'm just wondering how much extra work they created for themselves.
- Tloewald 15y agoSafari doesn't support WebGL either because of security issues (AFAIK only Firefox does) so while it might be easier it wouldn't work.
- etherealG 15y agochrome supports it too, which is higher than safari in use. firefox + chrome covers more together than any other 2 browsers in combination doesn't it? but I see what you mean about compatibility, with canvas they get ie9 + firefox + chrome + safari, almost everything for desktops.
- AshleysBrain 15y agoThey could have supported WebGL for better performance on browsers which support it with a fallback to Canvas 2D for IE9. But I'm sure Microsoft didn't want them to have it running faster on other browsers :)
- MBCook 15y agoSafari does support WebGL, but it's off by default. You have to enable it in the Develop menu.
- drhowarddrfine 15y agoAll modern browsers support WebGL: http://caniuse.com/#search=webgl http://caniuse.com/#search=webgl