UI and frontend software design and consulting since 1991
Sciter v.2 SDK preview is available here:terrainformatica.com/sciter/sciter2-tech-preview.zip Graphics The whole Graphics subsystem was redesigned to use Direct2D backend. And so drawing principles were changed. Sciter v.1 uses <canvas> HTML5 alike model that implies bitmap buffer to be created for the element. Such bitmap model contradicts CSS transforms – when you have something rendered on the…
Whole epoch of perfect quality in visual design and art of its implementation has passed away. Sigh.
While porting Graphics functionality using Direct2D primitives I’ve tried to implement immediate mode drawing in Sciter. Problem: as we know HTML5 mandates <canvas> to use off-screen bitmap buffer for drawings. Such model is not transform friendly (scale, rotation) as it involves bitmap transformation. So even when Graphics primitives (line,rectangle,etc.) are vector-ish the result is not…