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nikisweeting on Nov 3, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: Ready-to-use API to convert any web page ...

CSS transforms work just fine without the GPU. We use it extensively for screenshot testing our CSS transform-based animations on https://oddslingers.com.

colordrops on Nov 3, 2017 [–]

We are using a ton of them to create 3D heads up display camera overlays. They are too slow with GL software rendering.

nikisweeting on Nov 3, 2017 | [–]

Not sure what you mean? Usually people use either CSS 3D Transforms or WebGL, but not both.

colordrops on Nov 4, 2017 | | [–]

What do you mean? We are using both right now. Why can't they both be used on the same page?

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