On a topic unrelated to Conveyor, I saw the JavaFX roadmap document presented at JavaOne and the mention of a Metal pipeline.
It prompted a thought I've never got around to exploring - does it make sense to switch JavaFX to using Google's ANGLE library i.e. to decommission all but the GL backend and then use it on every OS? This would have three big and obvious advantages: 1. A big reduction in the maintenance burden. A metal port is maybe no longer required. 2. A component or canvas that exposes a GL context (implicitly, on the current thread) could then be provided relatively easily, allowing easier integration of arbitrary drawing with the scene graph without compromising portability. 3. In turn that would unblock enabling WebGL in the WebView control, fixing Google Maps. It's mostly a question of curiosity but I'm wondering if that approach has ever been prototyped or explored. thanks, -mike
