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[off topic] On browser redering

1. defdefred (defdefred (a) protonmail.com)

Just thinking...

Is it possible to render the browser in a "double buffer" way like in 
games to avoid apparent partial refresh?

freD.

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2. Omar Polo (op (a) omarpolo.com)

On 1 September 2021 10:35:45 CEST, defdefred <defdefred@protonmail.com> wrote:
>Just thinking...
>
>Is it possible to render the browser in a "double buffer" way like in 
games to avoid apparent partial refresh?
>
>freD.
this smell like a XY problem, are you experiencing issues with your 
preferred browser?  Let the author know!

but to reply to original question anyway, I think all current browsers 
have a mechanism like that.  Even ncurses application have an internal 
buffer used before outputting to the screen, which acts in fact like a double buffer.
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3. defdefred (defdefred (a) protonmail.com)

> this smell like a XY problem, are you experiencing issues with your 
preferred browser?  Let the author know!

No...but sometime browsing the web, blog are displayed with temporary font 
and after a while correct font are applied and every thing is moving on 
the screen... Look annoying to me :-)

For Gemini, could also be a way to fake partial refresh of the screen...

freD
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On Wednesday, September 1st, 2021 at 12:53, Omar Polo <op@omarpolo.com> wrote:

> On 1 September 2021 10:35:45 CEST, defdefred defdefred@protonmail.com wrote:
>
> > Just thinking...
> >
> > Is it possible to render the browser in a "double buffer" way like in 
games to avoid apparent partial refresh?
> >
> > freD.
>
> this smell like a XY problem, are you experiencing issues with your 
preferred browser? Let the author know!
>
> but to reply to original question anyway, I think all current browsers 
have a mechanism like that. Even ncurses application have an internal 
buffer used before outputting to the screen, which acts in fact like a double buffer.
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> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

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4. Alexis (flexibeast (a) gmail.com)


defdefred <defdefred@protonmail.com> writes:

>> this smell like a XY problem, are you experiencing issues with your
>> preferred browser?  Let the author know!
> 
> No...but sometime browsing the web, blog are displayed with temporary
> font and after a while correct font are applied and every thing is
> moving on the screen... Look annoying to me :-)
> 
> For Gemini, could also be a way to fake partial refresh of the
> screen...

Which Gemini (or Gemini-supporting) browser(s) are you experiencing this issue with?


Alexis.

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5. defdefred (defdefred (a) protonmail.com)

None, it is an off-topic subject.

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On Wednesday, September 1st, 2021 at 14:39, Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com> wrote:

> defdefred defdefred@protonmail.com writes:
>
> > > this smell like a XY problem, are you experiencing issues with
> > >
> > > your
> > >
> > > preferred browser? Let the author know!
> >
> > No...but sometime browsing the web, blog are displayed with
> >
> > temporary
> >
> > font and after a while correct font are applied and every thing
> >
> > is
> >
> > moving on the screen... Look annoying to me :-)
> >
> > For Gemini, could also be a way to fake partial refresh of the
> >
> > screen...
>
> Which Gemini (or Gemini-supporting) browser(s) are you
>
> experiencing this issue with?
>
> Alexis.

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6. Omar Polo (op (a) omarpolo.com)

On 1 September 2021 14:24:58 CEST, defdefred <defdefred@protonmail.com> wrote:
>> this smell like a XY problem, are you experiencing issues with your 
preferred browser?  Let the author know!
>
>No...but sometime browsing the web, blog are displayed with temporary 
font and after a while correct font are applied and every thing is moving 
on the screen... Look annoying to me :-)
>
>For Gemini, could also be a way to fake partial refresh of the screen...
>
>freD
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>On Wednesday, September 1st, 2021 at 12:53, Omar Polo <op@omarpolo.com> wrote:
>
>> On 1 September 2021 10:35:45 CEST, defdefred defdefred@protonmail.com wrote:
>>
>> > Just thinking...
>> >
>> > Is it possible to render the browser in a "double buffer" way like in 
games to avoid apparent partial refresh?
>> >
>> > freD.
>>
>> this smell like a XY problem, are you experiencing issues with your 
preferred browser? Let the author know!
>>
>> but to reply to original question anyway, I think all current browsers 
have a mechanism like that. Even ncurses application have an internal 
buffer used before outputting to the screen, which acts in fact like a double buffer.
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>>
>> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

that's called FOUT (flash of unstyled text) and it's because the browser 
uses a font to render the page, but then switches to the custom font 
specified with CSS and has to re-render all the text.

This is not the only issues with custom fonts on the web, and it's not 
something that will affect gemini because the author of the document can't 
decide the styling :)
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