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IIRC many windows apps at that time were using MFC or otherwise composing a UI out of rects, lines, buttons, etc. Then came Winamp and the fad to draw crazy bit
by shermantanktop 3y ago
IIRC many windows apps at that time were using MFC or otherwise composing a UI out of rects, lines, buttons, etc. Then came Winamp and the fad to draw crazy bitmaps as part of the UI. If everyone does that, shipping draw commands is less useful and shipping pixels makes a lot more sense.