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tapper[ware]
Personal blog · tapper-ware.net/blogprogrammingweb
tapper[ware] is a personal blog at tapper-ware.net about programming and web. Since 2010, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link tapper[ware] for its demos of Firefox's Direct2D rendering, including a video comparison and a stress test page. Commenters cite these in threads about browser graphics and Firefox development.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- /files/stresstest.comparison.ogg2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-03-08
What Hacker News says?
> Webkit has used Quartz on OS X to do accelerated drawing for a long time, and Apple's port to Windows had basic hardware compositing Quartz Compositor, as the name suggests, can only do compositing. This isn't just compositing. Windows Vista and above and Linux with Compiz also do compositing in hardware -- that isn't nearly comparable to Direct2D, though, because all these solutions render on the CPU. QuartzGL, w…
Comment linking /files/stresstest.comparison.ogg
on “FreeBSD built with clang now selfhosting - testers wanted”Submitted Perspective texture with 6 lines of SVG = MarioKart-like graphics in the browser as a story · 34 points
HN discussionI wish people paid more attention to developments. #1: Direct2D is in Fx nightlies: http://www.tapper-ware.net/files/stresstest.comparison.ogg #2: Jaeger Monkey: http://www.bailopan.net/blog/?p=683 #3: 64bit builds are builds are planned for 4.0 if not sooner #4 multi-processes: http://blog.mozilla.com/cjones/2009/06/21/multi-process-fire...
Comment linking /files/stresstest.comparison.ogg
on “Is Chrome taking share from Firefox?”Submitted A shorter way to do Math.floor – A little known trick as a story · 14 points
HN discussionHans Schmucker also has a video demo: http://www.tapper-ware.net/files/stresstest.comparison.ogg The test page: http://www.tapper-ware.net/stable/web.dom.stresstest.transfo...
Comment linking /stable/web.dom.stresstest.transform/
on “Direct2D in FireFox Nightlies”Submitted Calling methods in Javascript, without really calling them as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted References vs. Pointers in Javascript as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted GMail vulnerability: Arbitrary script execution with SVG as a story · 1 points
HN discussion