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Figma is the gold standard when it comes to performance and optimization, and is basically a native app that happens to be inside your browser. The co-founder a
by throwaway0665 2y ago
Figma is the gold standard when it comes to performance and optimization, and is basically a native app that happens to be inside your browser. The co-founder and previous CTO Evan Wallace also created esbuild which powers most of the modern bundling tools.
The only other web app I can think of doing the same thing is Google Docs, which uses it's own canvas based renderer with an svg overlay for accessibility. I feel it's telling that Google thought leaning on their own browser (through HTML/CSS) wasn't even good enough for typesetting.
- purple-leafy 2y agoThis Evan Wallace fella sounds like an accomplished individual
- robertlagrant 2y agoGoogle Docs used to be Writely though; they acquired it. It predates Chrome.
- nasso_dev 2y agothe switch to canvas rendering is recent though https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2021/05/Google-Docs-Canvas-Based-Rendering-Update.html https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2021/05/Google-Docs-...
- robertlagrant 2y agoOh! I didn't know that. Fair enough - that does rather make the point.
- calebj0seph 2y agoIt's becoming more common. Confluence whiteboards is all WebGL, even the text rendering.