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For performance reasons, we recommend against downscaling images. This consumes considerably more resources than either displaying images at their native size or upscaling them.

Memory and Performance

The amount of memory available for HTML applications varies by model:

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If a font file is not included and referenced by the HTML page, text will be rendered using a default system font. While functional, the default font has little aesthetic appeal, so we recommend including font files for most digital-signage applications. Supported font types include TrueType Font files (.ttf), OpenType Font (.otf), and Web Open Font files (.woff.woff2).

Creating HTML Pages

Follow these steps when creating HTML pages:

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GPU rasterization is enabled by default in firmware versions 6.2.x and later. 

Optimized Image Rendering

The image-rendering CSS property can be assigned the optimizeSpeedBS value. Using this value ensures that Chromium uses lower-quality but faster bilinear filtering when scaling images to 50% or less. We recommend using this value with pages that scale a lot of images at runtime.

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Tip

You can use this page to determine if specific function calls and extensions are supported in a corresponding version of Chrome.

Note

Chromium version 69 or later will refuse SHA-1 certificates. See this page for more information.

Animations and Add-on Libraries

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  • BrightAuthor: In your BrightAuthor presentation, navigate to File > Presentation Properties > HTML and check the Enable Javascript console box. Note that as of BOS 8.5.31 you will need to also set the enable_web_inspector registry key (in the "html" section) to enable the JavaScript console. See the "inspector_server" in roHtmlWidget for more information.

  • BrightScript: When creating the roHtmlWidget instance, include the inspector_server initialization parameter and specify a port number. Note that as of BOS 8.5.31, you must set the enable_web_inspector registry key to “1” to enable the web inspector for Chromium on the player (if it is set to “0” or nothing, the web inspector is disabled). For example:

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