Morphic Extreme

Andrew C. Greenberg werdna at mucow.com
Wed Sep 4 12:14:48 UTC 2002


Jaguar (Mac OS X 10.2) employs a technology denominated "Quartz 
Extreme," apparently a 2D drawing technology for screen components 
exploiting hardware rendering solutions.  Essentially, screen elements 
are stored as OpenGL textures and are rendered on the screen via 
hardware, resulting in a speedier, zippier interface.

Would such a technology be speedy or beneficial for Morphic?  
Practical?  Straightforward?  Can we leverage the OpenGL work Andreas 
has done to put together a proof of concept?

What do you think?




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