On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 1:19 AM, Jack Moffitt <j...@metajack.im> wrote:
> > Another really nice effort that is starting to unfold and I'm super > excited > > about is the new Photon performance project > > <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1348289>, which is a > focused > > effort on the front-end performance. This includes everything from > > engineering the new UI with things like animations running on the > > compositor in mind from the get-go, being laser focused on guaranteeing > > good performance on key UI interactions such as tab opening and closing, > > and lots of focused measurements and fixes to the browser front-end. > > I think the order of operations here is unfortunate. What we'd prefer > is that WebRender land first, and then Photon be designed around what > is possible in the GPU-backed world. That's a complete non-starter. Photon work is already underway, and there's a _ton_ of work to do for the 57 release. Blocking Photon on another major project landing first would mean canceling Photon for 57. Justin _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
