Visualization of Gecko at Work

Friday Afternoon — 

Webpage rendering has always fascinated me. These videos depicts how Gecko (the rendering engine Firefox uses) renders the Mozilla homepage, and a Wikipedia entry, respectively, from start to finish. It’s mildly informative as to the processes that go on, but it’s mostly beautiful to watch. (via Jason Santa Maria)

“Visualization of Gecko at Work” was written by J. Bradford Dillon on June 20, 2008.
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