AW: vertical text?

[Richard Gaskin]

Roger Eller wrote:

 > On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
 >> >> Jonathan L. wrote:
 >> >> This is also easy to do in a browser widget, if you don't mind
 >> >> the "always on top" aspect of browser widgets.
...
 >> It's great when you truly need an embedded web browser, but for small
 >> one-offs like this I'd be reluctant to add the extra RAM and disk
 >> space requirements.
 >
 > This is really the first mention I've seen of the resource
 > requirements of certain widgets.

Most widgets use only what's in the LiveCode engine, and don't carry 
much additional overhead beyond what we might expect for the respective 
elements involved (images, code, etc.).

The browser widget is a very special case, since it's an entire browser 
application embedded within your app.

On disk the Linux build of CEF takes up 135 MBs, and like any browser I 
would imagine it more than doubles RAM requirements for an app using it.

When you need an embedded browser it's awesome.  It's just a lot to add 
if you only need small things like rotated text, which can be handled 
well with LC Script or LC Builder in same process your app is already 
running in.


 > Assuming that overhead is minimal just because it is so
 > darn easy to add to a stack will be our downfall.  :)

macOS is so easy to use it must fit on a single floppy. :)

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