[api-minor] Remove the WebGL implementation

Reasons for the removal include:
 - This functionality was always somewhat experimental and has never been enabled by default, partly because of worries about rendering bugs caused by e.g. bad/outdated graphics drivers.

 - After the initial implementation, in PR 4286 (back in 2014), no additional functionality has been added to the WebGL implementation.

 - The vast majority of all documents do not benefit from WebGL rendering, since only a couple of *specific* features are supported (e.g. some Soft Masks and Patterns).

 - There is, and has always been, *zero* test-coverage for the WebGL implementation.

 - Overall performance, in the PDF.js library, has improved since the experimental WebGL implementation was added.

Rather than shipping unused *and* untested code, it seems reasonable to simply remove the WebGL implementation for now; thanks to version control it's always possible to bring back the code should the need ever arise.
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Jonas Jenwald 2021-05-09 15:54:26 +02:00
parent 99eac86478
commit 2ba4b65ca8
9 changed files with 28 additions and 608 deletions

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@ -70,11 +70,6 @@ const defaultOptions = {
value: true,
kind: OptionKind.VIEWER + OptionKind.PREFERENCE,
},
enableWebGL: {
/** @type {boolean} */
value: false,
kind: OptionKind.VIEWER + OptionKind.PREFERENCE,
},
externalLinkRel: {
/** @type {string} */
value: "noopener noreferrer nofollow",