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Google native client is a promising tech for web to reach desktop performance. I developed a complex vector application (htp://www.torapp.info) and reached bett

• kombine 14y ago
  I find it hard to believe, because even that it runs native code, there is a small penalty of a sandbox environment and it certainly cannot be faster than pure native code.
  • jj00nathan 14y ago
    Just because desktop always wins in theory doesn't mean that you can't exceed the performance of existing native clients. I'm sure Illustrator leaves a ton of performance on the table simply by virtue of having a large legacy codebase. For instance, if it becomes practical to assume that all of your clients support GPGPU then Illustrator's existing CPU optimized code instantly goes from being a critical advantage to a heavy burden: they have to maintain that code and write new GPU code that somehow fits with the old code whereas you just have to write the GPGPU code. Witness pixelmator curb-stomping Photoshop in the performance department. Of course, that example is Desktop App vs Desktop App but the principle is the same.
• icefox 14y ago
  And of course there is a Qt for native client project: http://qt-project.org/wiki/Qt_for_Google_Native_Client http://qt-project.org/wiki/Qt_for_Google_Native_Client
• icefox 14y ago
  Your url is missing a 't'