undefined | Better HN

0 pointsTheLNL13d ago0 comments

Wouldn't there be a point where the mainstream approach is to just have compiled blobs write directly to the canvas, say a point where someone compiles a qt application and hosts it on their website.

What can you even modify there, when all the structure is flattened into a single layer

0 comments

bvisness12d ago

You can already make apps that write directly to a canvas today, and almost nobody does because they want what the DOM provides for them. Wasm changes nothing about the APIs available to web apps.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 pointsTheLNL13d ago0 comments

Wouldn't there be a point where the mainstream approach is to just have compiled blobs write directly to the canvas, say a point where someone compiles a qt application and hosts it on their website.

What can you even modify there, when all the structure is flattened into a single layer

0 comments

bvisness12d ago

You can already make apps that write directly to a canvas today, and almost nobody does because they want what the DOM provides for them. Wasm changes nothing about the APIs available to web apps.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse