• Trufi Association@lemmy.ml
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    10 days ago

    It means that pages can load more quickly, because the tiles aren’t based on bitmapped images, instead the tiles are mathematically drawn vectors that scale up and down gracefully.

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      10 days ago

      Thank you for this explanation. Having dabbled in vector graphics, I guessed that it was something like this after a moment’s thought, but my first thought was “this sounds good, but I’m not sure how”. Even if I didn’t end up needing this explanation personally, I appreciate your helpfulness — it’s the kind of thing that makes this place feel like a community