GLSL Gotchas

Here are some gotchas to be aware of when working with GLSL on various platforms.

Mac OSX

• Array declaration is broken on Snow Leopard (1)

Android, iOS, WebGL

• Specify precision where possible. Low precision is useful for colors (0.0 - 1.0). More info here.
• Be mindful of step() as it may create branching (although it really shouldn't). Benchmark with smoothstep() to see if performance improves.
• 'For' loops may cause problems on certain Android devices (1)
• On WebGL, you don't need #ifdef GL_ES as it will always return true
• Many more optimizations listed here