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Microsoft calls graphics technology in Chrome and Firefox "harmful"
By Ed Bott, ZDNet
June 17, 2011
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By Ed Bott, ZDNet
June 17, 2011
In an unusually blunt statement, Microsoft has announced that it considers the Khronos Group?s WebGL graphics technology too dangerous to support in Windows.
Currently, both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox are shipping with support for WebGL. Google calls it ?the most powerful way to add 3D graphics to web pages? and encourages developers to ?experiment with graphics programming.? Mozilla pitches WebGL as ideal for ?interactive 3D games, vivid graphics and new visual experiences for the Web without the use of third-party plug-ins.?
Microsoft?s announcement, WebGL Considered Harmful, was published on the official blog of the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) and signed by MSRC Engineering. It was posted by swiat, which is short for Secure Windows Initiative Attack Team, the group that is responsible for the security architecture of Windows and other Microsoft products.
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