Any comments on this? Isn't it time to move to Blink?
> On 13 May 2016, at 04:32, Felix Bembrick <felix.bembr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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/ >>>>>> >>>>>>
