Bug 569070 - Calling getString() on WebGL context throws an exception [[Category:Summer 2010 May]]

* Filed [http://processing-js.lighthouseapp.com/projects/41284/tickets/662-chromium-does-not-render-3d-sketches#ticket-662-1 662] (Chromium not rendering 3D) for Processing.js*Filed [http://processing-js.lighthouseapp.com/projects/41284/tickets/663 663] (2D and 3D performance tests]* Initial research for Arius3D work* Tried downloading Arius3D Viewer, Seneca is throttling the connection '''Thursday May 20'''* Wrote Arius3D [http://asalga.wordpress.com/2010/05/20/initial-thoughts-on-high-quality-surface-splats-with-webgl/ blog]* Installed Arius3D viewer '''3DImageSuite'''* Helped Matt with initial setup of WebGL on Linux, so far not working* Wrote a blog on [http://asalga.wordpress.com/2010/05/20/installing-arius3d-pointstream-3dimagesuite-viewer-on-windows-7/ Installing PointStream on Windows 7]* Created GitHub accounts for [http://github.com/asalga/XB-PointStream XB-PointStream] and [http://github.com/asalga/scenecreator SceneCreator]* Created Lighthouse accounts for [http://cdot.lighthouseapp.com/projects/52886-xb-pointstream XB-PointStream] and [http://c3dl.lighthouseapp.com/projects/52892-scenecreator SceneCreator]* Ran ~800 tests on [http://processing-js.buildingsky.net/ Processing.js test suite] '''Friday May 21'''* Tested 0.9.1 on iPod Touch* Re-merged bug 579 and added spiral demo* Made particle system for point demo p5 compatible* Filed [http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=567388 point_smooth bug]* Found out why Chromium WebGL sketches fail. Started work on a patchAfter hours* wrote blog on [http://asalga.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/ Chromium bug]* Finished patch for bug [http://processing-js.lighthouseapp.com/projects/41284/tickets/662 662-chromium-does-not-render-3d-sketches] '''Long Weekend'''* Wrote [http://asalga.wordpress.com/2010/05/24/webgl-browser-stress-tests-using-processing-js/ Pjs Stress Test Blog]* Filed [http://processing-js.lighthouseapp.com/projects/41284/tickets/672 672-Reduce calls to uniformMatrix]* Fixed XB PointStream Twitter problem* Continued research on Octrees '''Tuesday May 25'''* Updated test and put up [http://processing-js.lighthouseapp.com/projects/41284/tickets/455 455-textwidth] for review* Added test, demo and ref test for [http://processing-js.lighthouseapp.com/projects/41284/tickets/579 579-strokeweight-and-point] and put up for review* Updated [http://processing-js.lighthouseapp.com/projects/41284-processingjs/tickets/418 418-2d-sketches-which-use-xhr-fail-to-load-on-chromium] Marked as won't fixAfter hours* Added tickets to XB PointStream lighthouse account* Continued research on Octrees '''Wednesday May 26'''* Filed [http://processing-js.lighthouseapp.com/projects/41284/tickets/675-add-ie-support#ticket-675-3 IE Support bug]* Created tests for [http://processing-js.lighthouseapp.com/projects/41284-processingjs/tickets/651 651-framerate-not-always-parsed-correctly]* Began work on [http://processing-js.lighthouseapp.com/projects/41284-processingjs/tickets/634 634-fix-shaders-to-take-in-color-attribute-for-individual-vertices] '''Thursday May 27'''* Continued work on [http://processing-js.lighthouseapp.com/projects/41284-processingjs/tickets/634 634-fix-shaders-to-take-in-color-attribute-for-individual-vertices]* Added links to [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/XB_PointStream XB PointStream zenit page] '''Friday May 28'''* Continued work on [http://processing-js.lighthouseapp.com/projects/41284-processingjs/tickets/634 634-fix-shaders-to-take-in-color-attribute-for-individual-vertices]After hours* More work on 634 '''Saturday May 29'''* Put up XB PointStream Pjs [http://matrix.senecac.on.ca/~asalga/XB_PointStream/pjs_stress_test/ stress test]* Filed on Mozilla's Bugzilla: [http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=569070 Bug 569070 - Calling getString() on WebGL...]* Research on occlusion queries for XB PointStream* Wrote [http://asalga.wordpress.com/2010/05/29/ querying-webgl-commands-and-symbols Blog]*Commented on [http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=567388 Bug 567388]* Began implementation of octree in P5 '''Sunday May 30'''* Sent email to Khronos mailing list regarding GL_ARB_occlusion_query* Updated [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/XB_PointStream XB PointStream] page with performance ideas* Finished implementation of [http://matrix.senecac.on.ca/~asalga/pictures/octree.jpg octree]. Doesn't run in pjs :c '''Monday May 31'''* Filed [http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1572 Bug 1572-beginShape(POINTS) render incorrectly on P5]* Added more tests, fixed bugs and put [http://processing-js.lighthouseapp.com/projects/41284-processingjs/tickets/634 634-fix-shaders-to-take-in-color-attribute-for-individual-vertices] up for review. woo!* Sent WebGL mailing list message regarding how to create WebGL extensions * Started work on binaryAfter hours* Continued work on binary, changing test I had to unit test ( added integer, color and byte tests)* Added fake frustum user can move around in octree demo in P5 EOW