Do you mind if I ask what the rationale behind such a decision is? From an admittedly perhaps totally ignorant outside observer, it would seem to me that any cost/benefit analysis would basically put this feature in the "no brainer" category and should have been implemented at the very least since JFX 8.
> On 12 May 2016, at 01:11, Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushfo...@oracle.com> wrote: > > No. WebGL support is not planned for JDK 9. We will look at this for JDK 10. > > -- Kevin > > > Felix Bembrick wrote: >> Will this new WebKit finally support WebGL? >> >> Just by supporting WebGL in the JavaFX WebView will instantly enable an >> entire new set of 3D features and access to a plethora of JavaScript 3D >> libraries for "free". >> >> And, Google Maps will finally work too. >> >> >>> On 11 May 2016, at 08:20, Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushfo...@oracle.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> All, >>> >>> As a heads-up, we plan to push an updated WebKit to FX 9-dev early next >>> week [1]. If there are no build problems, they will be integrated to 9 >>> master the following week for jdk-9+119. We then plan to backport the newer >>> WebKit (to keep them in sync) to 8u-dev a couple weeks later. >>> >>> The only new tool needed to build this is CMake [2] version 3.4 or later >>> (we will use 3.4.1 to build). >>> >>> Let me know if you have any questions. >>> >>> -- Kevin >>> >>> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8156698 >>> >>> [2] http://cmake.org/ >>> >>>
