881277 - Implement getContext("webgl") for mobile

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Graphics: CanvasWebGL, defect)

Description

[:Ms2ger (he/him; ⌚ UTC+1/+2)]

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #870232 +++

Comment 1

[ndesaulniers]

It looks like this also affects FxOS.  (though webgl is disabled in its entirety on Geeksphone devices, fyi)

Comment 2

[Kelsey Gilbert [:jgilbert]]

I think there's another bug on this, but I'll post here, too:
We can't allow getContext('webgl') until we pass conformance for the product. Currently, only desktop Firefox is WebGL-conformant, but not Firefox Mobile or Firefox OS.

Comment 3

[:Ms2ger (he/him; ⌚ UTC+1/+2)]

(In reply to Jeff Gilbert [:jgilbert] from comment #2)
> I think there's another bug on this, but I'll post here, too:
> We can't allow getContext('webgl') until we pass conformance for the
> product. Currently, only desktop Firefox is WebGL-conformant, but not
> Firefox Mobile or Firefox OS.

Of course we can. There's no legal requirement anywhere. Some people don't *want* to, but that's something else.

Comment 4

[Kelsey Gilbert [:jgilbert]]

(In reply to :Ms2ger from comment #3)
> (In reply to Jeff Gilbert [:jgilbert] from comment #2)
> > I think there's another bug on this, but I'll post here, too:
> > We can't allow getContext('webgl') until we pass conformance for the
> > product. Currently, only desktop Firefox is WebGL-conformant, but not
> > Firefox Mobile or Firefox OS.
> 
> Of course we can. There's no legal requirement anywhere. Some people don't
> *want* to, but that's something else.

Implementing this without conformance would mean ignoring the agreements we've made as part of the Khronos working group, which is bad.

FWIW, we are also not legally allowed to use the WebGL trademark in association with a non-conformant product, though whether or not that applies here, I can't answer.

Comment 5

[Kelsey Gilbert [:jgilbert]]

We did this long ago.