Will this work with d3, because d3 is pretty slow with a lot of elements and it ...

snuxoll · on Feb 25, 2016

I don't recall if d3 uses SVG or canvas off the top of my head, I haven't done much more than toy with it. If it uses SVG, then yes, this could speed up d3 greatly.

aurbano · on Feb 25, 2016

It uses SVG, so it will speed it up a lot. Unfortunately for things like a force layout in a graph, the main bottleneck will be JavaScript calculating the positions.

pcwalton · on Feb 25, 2016

WebRender doesn't accelerate SVG. It's certainly a potential future area to work on, though.

snuxoll · on Feb 25, 2016

You're right, it doesn't at the moment. But the whole point behind WebRender is vector graphics are much better suited to GPU rendering - there's no reason SVG couldn't be targeted eventually.

EDIT: Realizing you are Patrick himself, of course you know this...