On: Skia: an open source 2D graphics library

[alkonaut]

If I understod correctly (which isn’t certain) Skia is also the rendering backend for chromium. Chromium is used as the rendering bits for electron. Electron is how you make these apps on “web engines”. So all those editors based on web engines likely render through Skia...

[tantalor → alkonaut]

Skia is one part of Chromium; you also have Blink (browser engine) and V8 (js engine).

[mintplant → alkonaut]

Skia is also used by Firefox on some platforms (I think Linux/X11 and Android?) as its graphics backend.

[shmerl → mintplant]

But not with Webrender that's coming in Firefox 59 I suppose?

[chrismorgan → shmerl]

WebRender is not even enabled by default in Nightly yet. It’ll still be a while before it’s ready for production—definitely not Firefox 59. I don’t know of any schedule, but I haven’t been following it much either.

But yes, the Quantum Render project is all about making WebRender Firefox’s primary graphics backend.

[shmerl → chrismorgan]

Somehow I remember it was supposed to be Firefox 59, not sure where I saw it now. Of course it can slip if it's not ready.

[NiLSPACE → shmerl]

I believe the target was Firefox 59, but they didn't make it.

[cheez → alkonaut]

I believe Skia was originally used in Android as well.

[on_and_off → cheez]

Isn't it still the case ?

[oautholaf → cheez]

You believe correctly.