FYI, I’ll try to land this change today or tomorrow: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127382
I talked with dino off-list, and smfr took a look at the patch. (Thanks smfr!) Thanks, Max On Jan 21, 2014, at 4:09 PM, Max Vujovic <mvujo...@adobe.com> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'd like to propose the removal of the CSS Custom Filters code from WebKit. > There has been no active work on the feature for over six months. > > Recently, Custom Filters was removed from Chrome because the feature could > not meet the design constraints of their compositor (e.g. bounded execution > time of shaders). > > Around mid-2012, security restrictions were added to the feature [1], which > narrowed the range of use cases to mostly vertex shader effects, aka > “mesh-morphing” effects. Some familiar examples from native apps include page > curls, genie effects, or paper folding effects. > > As we gathered feedback from designers, it became apparent that a simpler > feature designed specifically for this set of use cases could serve them > better than Custom Filters. For example, one big limitation of Custom Filters > is the inability to accurately hit test elements transformed by custom vertex > shaders. A different feature, specifically designed for mesh-morphing use > cases, could support this. > > Adobe is excited to continue working with the community to come up with the > best solution for this set of use cases. > > Thank you, > Max Vujovic > > [1]: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-fx/2012AprJun/0102.html > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
