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markdog12 wrote: post #2

> Kats is standing up WebRender in Firefox for Android I'm guessing "standing" should be "setting"? Anyway, doesn't seem to work just yet for nightly. I enabled in about:config, but get "unavailable by runtime: WebRender not ready for use on non-e10s Android". Also, "WEBRENDER_QUALIFIED: blocked by env: Has battery" I filtered by e10s and electrolysis in about:config but couldn't find anything

Computer jargon for "set up", likely from (US?) military jargon.

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Re: WebRender is in beta

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Post by phkahler » Fri, Oct 26, 2018, 1:57 PM UTC

robin_reala wrote: post #3

markdog12 wrote: post #2

> Kats is standing up WebRender in Firefox for Android I'm guessing "standing" should be "setting"? Anyway, doesn't seem to work just yet for nightly. I enabled in about:config, but get "unavailable by runtime: WebRender not ready for use on non-e10s Android". Also, "WEBRENDER_QUALIFIED: blocked by env: Has battery" I filtered by e10s and electrolysis in about:config but couldn't find anything

Standing up here means getting into a working but unfinished state. It’s a slightly uncommon turn of phrase, but it’s legit English.

Is this the opposite of "stand down"? It seems to be.

Re: WebRender is in beta

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Post by sciurus » Fri, Oct 26, 2018, 1:57 PM UTC

rapsey wrote: post #6

Does it work on macOS atm?

Yes, I'm using it in Firefox 65.0a1 on a 15" 2017 MBP running High Sierra.

After setting gfx.webrender.all to true and restarting, check about:support and you should see "Compositing: WebRender"

Of course you may still hit bugs.

Re: WebRender is in beta

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Post by jamienicol » Fri, Oct 26, 2018, 2:20 PM UTC

markdog12 wrote: post #2

> Kats is standing up WebRender in Firefox for Android I'm guessing "standing" should be "setting"? Anyway, doesn't seem to work just yet for nightly. I enabled in about:config, but get "unavailable by runtime: WebRender not ready for use on non-e10s Android". Also, "WEBRENDER_QUALIFIED: blocked by env: Has battery" I filtered by e10s and electrolysis in about:config but couldn't find anything

It doesn't yet work on fennec (regular Firefox for Android, which is non-e10s). Instead we're working on it for geckoview.

Re: WebRender is in beta

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Post by singlow » Fri, Oct 26, 2018, 2:26 PM UTC

phkahler wrote: post #14

robin_reala wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Standing up here means getting into a working but unfinished state. It’s a slightly uncommon turn of phrase, but it’s legit English.

Is this the opposite of "stand down"? It seems to be.

I think its more like "to erect"; "to stand down" is more like "hold back", "disengage" or "retreat" (intransitive).

stand up (intransitive) ~= stand from a sitting or lying position

stand up == erect, build, appoint, enact

stand-up, upstanding (adjective) == moral, ethical

stand-up [comedian] == actually standing on ones feet

Re: WebRender is in beta

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Post by jamienicol » Fri, Oct 26, 2018, 2:34 PM UTC

jamienicol wrote: post #16

markdog12 wrote: post #2

> Kats is standing up WebRender in Firefox for Android I'm guessing "standing" should be "setting"? Anyway, doesn't seem to work just yet for nightly. I enabled in about:config, but get "unavailable by runtime: WebRender not ready for use on non-e10s Android". Also, "WEBRENDER_QUALIFIED: blocked by env: Has battery" I filtered by e10s and electrolysis in about:config but couldn't find anything

It doesn't yet work on fennec (regular Firefox for Android, which is non-e10s). Instead we're working on it for geckoview.

To add to this - this means it could be enabled in focus/klar nightlies, except they don't have an about:config page. You can build it from source, though!

It's very early days currently so you're not missing anything, but as it gets more stable I'm sure it'll be easier to try out.

Re: WebRender is in beta

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Post by Serow225 » Fri, Oct 26, 2018, 2:42 PM UTC

robin_reala wrote: post #3

markdog12 wrote: post #2

> Kats is standing up WebRender in Firefox for Android I'm guessing "standing" should be "setting"? Anyway, doesn't seem to work just yet for nightly. I enabled in about:config, but get "unavailable by runtime: WebRender not ready for use on non-e10s Android". Also, "WEBRENDER_QUALIFIED: blocked by env: Has battery" I filtered by e10s and electrolysis in about:config but couldn't find anything

Standing up here means getting into a working but unfinished state. It’s a slightly uncommon turn of phrase, but it’s legit English.

To me it's very common in the tech community. Maybe a transfer from the embedded/sysadmin/DBA side of things, from what I've seen its usage move over time.

Re: WebRender is in beta

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Post by ergothus » Fri, Oct 26, 2018, 3:30 PM UTC

Serow225 wrote: post #19

robin_reala wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Standing up here means getting into a working but unfinished state. It’s a slightly uncommon turn of phrase, but it’s legit English.

To me it's very common in the tech community. Maybe a transfer from the embedded/sysadmin/DBA side of things, from what I've seen its usage move over time.

You aren't used to hearing about "standing up" new servers?