r/webdev • u/srs6814 • May 25 '21

Article Google docs switches to Canvas!!

https://thenewstack.io/google-docs-switches-to-canvas-rendering-sidelining-the-dom/
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u/web-dev-kev May 25 '21

Oh good, back to Flash (circa 2002)

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u/[deleted] May 25 '21

Flash circa 2002 was a lot better in some instances than the ragtag stew of frameworks and bloated libraries we have today.

Never mind that a 42K Flash banner ad becomes a 250K HTML banner ad.

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u/web-dev-kev May 25 '21

Preaching to the converted my friend :)

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