Quote Originally Posted by inbugable
hi, how is it possible to have very fast 2d drawing for UI like in gecko or aol's boxely? boxely does not use directx or gdiplus, does anyone know how to do similarly?
DirectDraw? Combined with GetDC member of IDirectDraw7 interface so you can still use GDI functions.

DirectDraw public support stopped after version 7. However, you can still use IDirectDraw7. Microsoft pushes Direct3D and never makes much mention of DirectDraw. You can still use the older DirectDraw interfaces. If DD still exists as newer releases of DX, then they are private interfaces not documented by MS.