Cairo in Breezy

Lee Braiden lee_b at digitalunleashed.com
Tue Sep 6 10:25:31 UTC 2005


On Tuesday 06 September 2005 04:47, Jim Richardson wrote:
> Looks like Breezy has Cairo, at least in part. What exactly does this
> mean? how is Cairo going to improve things? I  understand it's supposed
> to enable faster 2D rendering, but does that mean that evolution is
> going to get faster screen paints or something?

At the moment, it basically just means that things are starting to unify a 
little more.  One thing you should notice relatively soon is better graphics: 
smoother lines, better gradients, etc.

LOTS of work remains to be done, from what I can gather, though.  Don't hold 
your breath on any of it, least of all speed increases :)

-- 
Lee Braiden
http://www.DigitalUnleashed.com
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