Re: [Gnash] Gnash speed and free software

[strk]

On Sat, Jul 01, 2006 at 12:05:55AM +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I tried Gnash and it's good to have such a nice tool.
> 
> One cons: as it was already reported, it is really slow. I read that
> it is recommended to get a 3D card to cope with that.
> 
> 
> However these days, all the 3D cards out there require proprietary
> drivers to be useful in this regard.
> 
> 
> What would you recommend to get a usable Gnash on a completely free OS?

I'd reccommend improving performance of the Cairo backend.
I haven't profiled and don't know Cairo enough, but I'm sure
there are possible improvements in it's use, possibly requiring
refactoring of the display mechanism that gnash uses.

--strk;