On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 at 09:28PM -0700, P Purkayastha wrote: > On Thursday, October 20, 2011 11:00:16 AM UTC+8, William wrote: > > > > I'm looking forward to when Sage has a viable browser-based 3d display > > option that doesn't depend on Java applets. Surely there is > > something out there we can use -- I've been waiting forever. Has > > HTML5 got good enough yet? > > > > -- William > > > It supposedly has. The following webpage is a test webpage that's supposedly > demos webgl: http://helloracer.com/webgl/ > > At least opera-12-alpha can show it well. :)
My understanding is that HTML5, WebGL, and that stuff is plenty good enough -- but (1) someone has to code something that we can use, and (2) browsers and graphics drivers have to catch up. The above demo worked (mostly) for a bit in Firefox 7, and then something went wonky and I got a seizure-inducing* browser window flashing green and red. We use Java, I guess, because once it's installed and working -- and this is possible on any reasonable computer -- it works. Dan * Well, not really, but anyone prone to seizures or who has trouble with bright, quickly flashing light would be very unhappy after that. -- --- Dan Drake ----- http://mathsci.kaist.ac.kr/~drake -------
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