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Performance comparison between HTML, SVG and Canvas
I already found out that using scroll properties is good for fast map scrolling. I extended the concept, and after posting my code to animate sprites via a containers scroll properties I thought hey, why not just check if there’s anything better. The following article provides a short overview and a sample for each technique. There is a zip file containing the full sources as well 
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Tags: code performance, Firefox, Games, JavaScript, Opera, Safari, SVG
SVG vs. XHTML
Doing a web based game without any plugin is a high-put target. I noticed this today when I tried to do my first steps with SVG. While the standard itself is certainly not in it’s infancy, the browsers trying to display it certainly are. This article aims to provide some first experiences and comparisons of SVG and (X)HTML for displaying raster based graphics on a web page.
Tags: Firefox, Games, Opera, pbbg, Safari, SVG, tile graphics
Safari wins , Opera lost (real life JS performance)
To check performance on large maps in my level editor I included a little function that generates a map of a given size filled with random tiles. I am lazy I know, but try to click your way through a 200 x 200 (40000 tiles) map and you know what I am talking about
So while testing I found out that there are vast performance differences between the various browsers on my system[1]. I also rectified en Error with Event handling in Opera 9.5* while I was at it.
The test I ran was pretty simple, I used all three browsers to create a random 100 x 100 map and took the time before the function started and after it finished. The difference was output in an alert which you see here. (more…)
Tags: code performance, Firefox, Opera, Safari
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