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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: plans for a free, OpenGL-based equivalent to Direct2D ?
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2010-12-14 20:47:59
Message-ID: 201012141248.00054.aseigo () kde ! org
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On Tuesday, December 14, 2010, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> On Tuesday 14 December 2010, Benoit Jacob wrote:
> > I can't speak for Calligra but I would guess it has or will have the
> > same concerns, although perhaps it's a bit less performance critical
> > since there is no animated content.
> 
> Well, actually, there is -- and I'm not just talking about the blinking
> cursor :-). But pages have to scroll, presentations have animations and
> even spreadsheets these days have embedded movie clips.

none of that is "complex" (from a rendering perspective) in the same way a 
full screen video game is.

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