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WebKitGTK 2.46 Uses Skia Rather Than Cairo, More CPU/GPU Optimizations To Come

Igalia open-source developer Carlos Garcia Campos has written a new blog post to outline recent graphics improvements found in WebKitGTK 2.46 and WPEWebKit 2.46

Igalia open-source developer Carlos Garcia Campos has written a new blog post to outline recent graphics improvements found in WebKitGTK 2.46 and WPEWebKit 2.46. Most notable with the new stable release is using the Skia library rather than Cairo as the 2D graphics renderer. WebKitGTK/WPEWebKit should also now have a better experience on HiDPI displays, the 2D canvas can be accelerated independently of whether the CPU or GPU is used for painting layers, CSS filters are now implemented using Skia APIs, native support for color spaces with Skia, enhanced font rendering, better damage tracking, and more.

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