| From: | Patrick Roberts |
| Date: | 3 Aug 2000 at 21:44:28 |
| Subject: | Re: AMIOPEN: Vector graphcs for Amiverse gadgets/classes |
> Yep, talk about "bloated waste of ressources". I don�t want to read this
> phrase in any Amiga related review, ever. ;-)
>
If the target machine had hardware assisted OGL the resource load
would be very small so a standard desktop.
> Nice idea, granted. But the scaling of the image is a problem, and I
> don�t think it will work for more elaborate type of icons.
>
OGL handles scaling, bit-depth conversion, etc., automatically. OGL
is a very good solution for both vector and bitmapped GUIs. Most GUIs
on SGIs are now OGL/GLX based, and many NT apps as well.
-Pat
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