Comments on: It’s Snowing In Oblivion http://www.codedread.com/blog/archives/2005/12/22/its-snowing-in-oblivion/ Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:56:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jeff Schiller http://www.codedread.com/blog/archives/2005/12/22/its-snowing-in-oblivion/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Jeff Schiller Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:39:55 +0000 http://blog.codedread.com/archives/2005/12/22/its-snowing-in-oblivion/#comment-295 True, SMIL may be faster than JavaScript, but for this purposes you would need some JavaScript to at least achieve a randomizing effect...unless you know of another option. True, SMIL may be faster than JavaScript, but for this purposes you would need some JavaScript to at least achieve a randomizing effect…unless you know of another option.

]]> By: Rob http://www.codedread.com/blog/archives/2005/12/22/its-snowing-in-oblivion/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Rob Mon, 02 Jan 2006 18:48:48 +0000 http://blog.codedread.com/archives/2005/12/22/its-snowing-in-oblivion/#comment-294 Don't forget this is scripted animation, not SMIL. SMIL should be optimized for animation (as opposed to all the arbitrary stuff that could be done in script). Just trying to be clear - the slow thing is manipulating SVG in Javascript, not the (hypothetical) animation in SVG, if you get what I mean. Hopefully we'll get both in the fututre: faster Javascript in Mozilla and SMIL so that animation can be done in a declarative way. Don’t forget this is scripted animation, not SMIL. SMIL should be optimized for animation (as opposed to all the arbitrary stuff that could be done in script). Just trying to be clear – the slow thing is manipulating SVG in Javascript, not the (hypothetical) animation in SVG, if you get what I mean.

Hopefully we’ll get both in the fututre: faster Javascript in Mozilla and SMIL so that animation can be done in a declarative way.

]]> By: Jeff Schiller http://www.codedread.com/blog/archives/2005/12/22/its-snowing-in-oblivion/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Jeff Schiller Sun, 01 Jan 2006 22:42:30 +0000 http://blog.codedread.com/archives/2005/12/22/its-snowing-in-oblivion/#comment-293 Hey, I thought you were an Opera user? :P Here's my results: Firefox 1.5: 100% CPU Opera 9 TP1: 100% CPU IE+ASV: 20% CPU It's clear that native implementations of SVG have a ways to go before they will be used for animations and heavy scripting. I am going to take a shot at optimizing the script, this was the best I could come up with before the holiday rush of visitors and travelling. Hey, I thought you were an Opera user? :P

Here’s my results:

Firefox 1.5: 100% CPU
Opera 9 TP1: 100% CPU
IE+ASV: 20% CPU

It’s clear that native implementations of SVG have a ways to go before they will be used for animations and heavy scripting.

I am going to take a shot at optimizing the script, this was the best I could come up with before the holiday rush of visitors and travelling.

]]> By: Mauriat http://www.codedread.com/blog/archives/2005/12/22/its-snowing-in-oblivion/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Mauriat Sat, 24 Dec 2005 18:34:36 +0000 http://blog.codedread.com/archives/2005/12/22/its-snowing-in-oblivion/#comment-292 Congratulations!!! on FF1.5 I've got 100% CPU usage on a 1.6Ghz laptop!!! :-D Merry Christmas :) Congratulations!!! on FF1.5 I’ve got 100% CPU usage on a 1.6Ghz laptop!!! :-D

Merry Christmas :)

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