diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglmaprenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglmaprenderer.js
index 83a75771d3..569a9179c0 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglmaprenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglmaprenderer.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 // FIXME clear textureCache
-// FIXME defer texture loads until after render when animating
 // FIXME generational tile texture garbage collector newFrame/get
-// FIXME defer cleanup until post-render
 // FIXME check against gl.getParameter(webgl.MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE)
 
 goog.provide('ol.renderer.webgl.Map');
@@ -119,6 +117,12 @@ ol.renderer.webgl.Map = function(container, map) {
   this.canvas_.className = 'ol-unselectable';
   goog.dom.insertChildAt(container, this.canvas_, 0);
 
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {boolean}
+   */
+  this.renderedVisible_ = true;
+
   /**
    * @private
    * @type {ol.Size}
@@ -267,7 +271,6 @@ ol.renderer.webgl.Map.prototype.canRotate = goog.functions.TRUE;
  * @inheritDoc
  */
 ol.renderer.webgl.Map.prototype.createLayerRenderer = function(layer) {
-  var gl = this.getGL();
   if (layer instanceof ol.layer.TileLayer) {
     return new ol.renderer.webgl.TileLayer(this, layer);
   } else {
@@ -495,9 +498,10 @@ ol.renderer.webgl.Map.prototype.renderFrame = function(frameState) {
   var gl = this.getGL();
 
   if (goog.isNull(frameState)) {
-    gl.bindFramebuffer(goog.webgl.FRAMEBUFFER, null);
-    gl.clearColor(0, 0, 0, 0);
-    gl.clear(goog.webgl.COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
+    if (this.renderedVisible_) {
+      goog.style.showElement(this.canvas_, false);
+      this.renderedVisible_ = false;
+    }
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -575,6 +579,11 @@ ol.renderer.webgl.Map.prototype.renderFrame = function(frameState) {
     gl.drawArrays(goog.webgl.TRIANGLE_STRIP, 0, 4);
   }, this);
 
+  if (!this.renderedVisible_) {
+    goog.style.showElement(this.canvas_, true);
+    this.renderedVisible_ = true;
+  }
+
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglrenderer.js
index c8eae9c377..d7ba243f8f 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglrenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglrenderer.js
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@ goog.provide('ol.renderer.webgl');
 goog.require('ol.webgl');
 
 
-/**
- * @define {boolean} Free resources immediately.
- */
-ol.renderer.webgl.FREE_RESOURCES_IMMEDIATELY = false;
-
-
 /**
  * @return {boolean} Is supported.
  */
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webgltilelayerrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webgltilelayerrenderer.js
index cd1d95cbb5..8f27749f9c 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webgltilelayerrenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webgltilelayerrenderer.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ goog.provide('ol.renderer.webgl.tilelayerrenderer.shader.Vertex');
 
 goog.require('goog.array');
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
-goog.require('goog.debug.Logger');
 goog.require('goog.events.EventType');
 goog.require('goog.object');
 goog.require('goog.structs.PriorityQueue');
@@ -88,14 +87,6 @@ ol.renderer.webgl.TileLayer = function(mapRenderer, tileLayer) {
 
   goog.base(this, mapRenderer, tileLayer);
 
-  if (goog.DEBUG) {
-    /**
-     * @inheritDoc
-     */
-    this.logger = goog.debug.Logger.getLogger(
-        'ol.renderer.webgl.tilelayerrenderer.' + goog.getUid(this));
-  }
-
   /**
    * @private
    * @type {ol.renderer.webgl.FragmentShader}
@@ -179,28 +170,14 @@ ol.renderer.webgl.TileLayer.prototype.bindFramebuffer_ =
   if (!goog.isDef(this.framebufferDimension_) ||
       this.framebufferDimension_ != framebufferDimension) {
 
-    if (goog.DEBUG) {
-      this.logger.info('re-sizing framebuffer');
-    }
-
-    if (ol.renderer.webgl.FREE_RESOURCES_IMMEDIATELY) {
-      if (goog.DEBUG) {
-        this.logger.info('freeing WebGL resources');
-      }
-      if (!gl.isContextLost()) {
-        gl.deleteFramebuffer(this.framebuffer_);
-        gl.deleteTexture(this.texture_);
-      }
-    } else {
-      var map = this.getMap();
-      frameState.postRenderFunctions.push(
-          goog.partial(function(gl, framebuffer, texture) {
-            if (!gl.isContextLost()) {
-              gl.deleteFramebuffer(framebuffer);
-              gl.deleteTexture(texture);
-            }
-          }, gl, this.framebuffer_, this.texture_));
-    }
+    var map = this.getMap();
+    frameState.postRenderFunctions.push(
+        goog.partial(function(gl, framebuffer, texture) {
+          if (!gl.isContextLost()) {
+            gl.deleteFramebuffer(framebuffer);
+            gl.deleteTexture(texture);
+          }
+        }, gl, this.framebuffer_, this.texture_));
 
     var texture = gl.createTexture();
     gl.bindTexture(goog.webgl.TEXTURE_2D, texture);
@@ -243,15 +220,6 @@ ol.renderer.webgl.TileLayer.prototype.disposeInternal = function() {
 };
 
 
-/**
- * @return {ol.layer.TileLayer} Layer.
- * @inheritDoc
- */
-ol.renderer.webgl.TileLayer.prototype.getLayer = function() {
-  return /** @type {ol.layer.TileLayer} */ (goog.base(this, 'getLayer'));
-};
-
-
 /**
  * @inheritDoc
  */
@@ -268,6 +236,14 @@ ol.renderer.webgl.TileLayer.prototype.getTexture = function() {
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * @return {ol.layer.TileLayer} Tile layer.
+ */
+ol.renderer.webgl.TileLayer.prototype.getTileLayer = function() {
+  return /** @type {ol.layer.TileLayer} */ (this.getLayer());
+};
+
+
 /**
  * @inheritDoc
  */
@@ -292,7 +268,7 @@ ol.renderer.webgl.TileLayer.prototype.renderFrame =
   var view2DState = frameState.view2DState;
   var center = view2DState.center;
 
-  var tileLayer = this.getLayer();
+  var tileLayer = this.getTileLayer();
   var tileSource = tileLayer.getTileSource();
   var tileGrid = tileSource.getTileGrid();
   var z = tileGrid.getZForResolution(view2DState.resolution);