Thanks Kevin. I was more curious as to why WebGL support hasn't been there since day 1, given that WebKit itself supports it.
Felix > On 13 May 2016, at 01:52, Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushfo...@oracle.com> wrote: > > It was an issue of resources versus priority and scope. JDK 9 is focused on > Jigsaw modularity and a few other minor features. It is more of a "smoothing > out" release than a big feature release (except for Jigsaw). We expect JDK 10 > to be a somewhat more feature-oriented release. > > -- Kevin > > > Felix Bembrick wrote: >> 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/ >>>>> >>>>>
