OpenframeProject / Openframe-Image

Openframe extension which enables display of static images.
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Consider to moving to Chromium #5

Open jvolker opened 5 years ago

jvolker commented 5 years ago

Following up from https://github.com/OpenframeProject/Openframe/issues/44

@jmwohl:

[…] the core of the idea behind Openframe is that an artwork format extension can define exactly how artworks are displayed, I'd like to avoid using Chromium for formats that don't specifically require it. I understand the additional desire to have attribution displayed, but for now I think that requirement is secondary and doesn't warrant reliance on Chromium.

I do understand that Chromium has more of overhead compared to glslViewer and think it makes sense to stick to glslViewer for performance reasons. Though, I do think using Chromium would not break with the core idea behind Openframe. It would still be possible to define exactly how the artwork is being displayed.

I would see two advantages to this:

Maybe moving to LXDE-pi (https://github.com/OpenframeProject/Openframe-Website/issues/14) would bring some performance improvements with Chromium and justify moving away from glslViewer?

jvolker commented 5 years ago

Another reason to consider moving away from glslViewer is that it doesn't seem to handle large images (maxing out GPU memory?). More on this here: #6