Comments on: Cairo Mozilla’s "Answer" to Flash? http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/05/cairo-mozillas-answer-to-flash/ Just an average guy trying to drink above average beer. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: afofddy http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/05/cairo-mozillas-answer-to-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2760 afofddy Wed, 30 May 2007 07:13:07 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=807#comment-2760 -Great find! Thanks for posting this, that's my something new for today learnt. ------------------------------- Software http://www.artdownload.net -Great find! Thanks for posting this, that’s my something new for today learnt.
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]]> By:   Panorama des IHM connectés by e5k http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/05/cairo-mozillas-answer-to-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2759   Panorama des IHM connectés by e5k Wed, 23 May 2007 22:34:33 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=807#comment-2759 [...] La fondation Mozilla qui dispose dans ces cartons d’un projet de librairie graphique 2D baptisé Cairo qu’ils pourraient prochainement ré-intégrer à Firefox (Cairo Mozilla’s “Answer” to Flash?) ; [...] [...] La fondation Mozilla qui dispose dans ces cartons d’un projet de librairie graphique 2D baptisé Cairo qu’ils pourraient prochainement ré-intégrer à Firefox (Cairo Mozilla’s “Answer” to Flash?) ; [...]

]]> By: John C. Bland II http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/05/cairo-mozillas-answer-to-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2758 John C. Bland II Tue, 15 May 2007 19:11:16 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=807#comment-2758 jd, the likeness I mean is the offline application aspect...not really the blood that runs through'em. (just to clarify) jd, the likeness I mean is the offline application aspect…not really the blood that runs through’em. (just to clarify)

]]> By: Ryan Stewart http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/05/cairo-mozillas-answer-to-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2757 Ryan Stewart Tue, 15 May 2007 19:07:51 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=807#comment-2757 Which one was her Sunday night post? I think I have it starred in Google Reader, but I'll have to go back and check. Which one was her Sunday night post? I think I have it starred in Google Reader, but I’ll have to go back and check.

]]> By: John Dowdell http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/05/cairo-mozillas-answer-to-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2756 John Dowdell Tue, 15 May 2007 19:03:36 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=807#comment-2756 Cairo: Cross-environment graphics library. Used in many of the SVG runtimes the past few years.s Firefox: Document browser which can visit any site in the world. Apollo: Cross-environment application runtime, bringing specific HTML/SWF webpages out of the browser and onto the desktop as applications. (Mitchell's phrasing in that article was interesting, if you read between the lines, but her Sunday night post on standalone XULRunner may have been more decisive.) jd/adobe Cairo: Cross-environment graphics library. Used in many of the SVG runtimes the past few years.s

Firefox: Document browser which can visit any site in the world.

Apollo: Cross-environment application runtime, bringing specific HTML/SWF webpages out of the browser and onto the desktop as applications.

(Mitchell’s phrasing in that article was interesting, if you read between the lines, but her Sunday night post on standalone XULRunner may have been more decisive.)

jd/adobe

]]> By: John C. Bland II http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/05/cairo-mozillas-answer-to-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2755 John C. Bland II Tue, 15 May 2007 17:48:55 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=807#comment-2755 lol. Sleep was good. :-) I know what I was thinking about...Firefox 3. That's where I've been hearing all that buzz (must have mixed it up somehow). lol. Sleep was good. :-)

I know what I was thinking about…Firefox 3. That’s where I’ve been hearing all that buzz (must have mixed it up somehow).

]]> By: Rick O http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/05/cairo-mozillas-answer-to-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2754 Rick O Tue, 15 May 2007 17:35:31 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=807#comment-2754 The way I understood it, Cairo was just the graphics package that did all of the heavy lifting. AFAIK, it's not really intended for direct userspace or even developerspace interaction, it's just supposed to make everything graphical in Firefox work faster and easier. The FF crew started looking into it with the birth of the <canvas> tag, so that they wouldn't have to write all of the graphic primitive handling operations. IIRC, in doing the integration they found out that it was well-suited as a general purpose rendering layer, and it sort of expanded outwards from there. The way I understood it, Cairo was just the graphics package that did all of the heavy lifting. AFAIK, it’s not really intended for direct userspace or even developerspace interaction, it’s just supposed to make everything graphical in Firefox work faster and easier. The FF crew started looking into it with the birth of the <canvas> tag, so that they wouldn’t have to write all of the graphic primitive handling operations. IIRC, in doing the integration they found out that it was well-suited as a general purpose rendering layer, and it sort of expanded outwards from there.

]]> By: Ryan Stewart http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/05/cairo-mozillas-answer-to-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2753 Ryan Stewart Tue, 15 May 2007 16:40:37 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=807#comment-2753 Cool, so it sounds like it's less about the user interface and more about the actual rendering engine. Thanks guys! John, get some sleep :) Cool, so it sounds like it’s less about the user interface and more about the actual rendering engine. Thanks guys! John, get some sleep :)

]]> By: Jeremy http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/05/cairo-mozillas-answer-to-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2752 Jeremy Tue, 15 May 2007 11:49:49 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=807#comment-2752 Mozilla is actually using Cairo as their new graphic composition engine. Cairo is going to allow them to have smoother font rendering, better image scaling (and page scaling), improved svg support and the ability to support more of the CSS3 specs, e.g., shadows on text, block elements, etc.... In addition to Cairo, Mozilla has been working on offline storage for RIAs. So when you combine everything its like Apollo, but Apollo is kind of like a browser with extra features. Mozilla is actually using Cairo as their new graphic composition engine. Cairo is going to allow them to have smoother font rendering, better image scaling (and page scaling), improved svg support and the ability to support more of the CSS3 specs, e.g., shadows on text, block elements, etc….

In addition to Cairo, Mozilla has been working on offline storage for RIAs. So when you combine everything its like Apollo, but Apollo is kind of like a browser with extra features.

]]> By: John C. Bland II http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/05/cairo-mozillas-answer-to-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2751 John C. Bland II Tue, 15 May 2007 10:09:05 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=807#comment-2751 Burning the oil tonight, huh? :-) Me too. Anyways, Cairo has been talked about a bit over the last couple months. From what I gathered, Cairo is akin to Apollo but still a full-fledge browser (Firefox). It will basically allow us (web developers) to take advantage of desktop functionality with native web technologies. The main thing, if my memory serves correct, was offline storage of data for dynamic sites. Nothing I would have to do to my code but Cairo would handle it automagically for me. Yes, very interesting. I'd like to see more on it though. BTW, keep up the good open-minded work on RIA's. It def' is good to be a geek now-a-days. ;-) Burning the oil tonight, huh? :-) Me too.

Anyways, Cairo has been talked about a bit over the last couple months. From what I gathered, Cairo is akin to Apollo but still a full-fledge browser (Firefox). It will basically allow us (web developers) to take advantage of desktop functionality with native web technologies.

The main thing, if my memory serves correct, was offline storage of data for dynamic sites. Nothing I would have to do to my code but Cairo would handle it automagically for me.

Yes, very interesting. I’d like to see more on it though.

BTW, keep up the good open-minded work on RIA’s. It def’ is good to be a geek now-a-days. ;-)

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