[svg-developers] Organized Crime in American Web Design

2010-11-05 Thread jamesd
Heard Microsoft and Firefox were going to have limited support for SVG and decided to create a web site the way it's Supposed to be done for testing purposes. Turns out they do not support SVG, but I decided to have fun anyway. Browser Reviews site uses nested SVG files and PNG's SVG tutorial

[svg-developers] Forgot the URL! James

2010-11-05 Thread jamesd
deerring.com James - To unsubscribe send a message to: svg-developers-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click edit my membership Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to:

[svg-developers] Re: Organized Crime in American Web Design

2010-11-05 Thread jamesd
In order to serve compressed svg file you must specify Content-Encoding: gzip And where do I specify the Content-Encoding: gzip? If it is on the server and I don't have access to it, then I stand by my statements. Adobe (No friend of SVG) supports opening svgz file in Adobe Illustrator.

[svg-developers] Re: Centering SVG in iPads and iPhones

2010-12-02 Thread jamesd
--- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Chris Peto svg...@... wrote: on my iPod touch I just use the normal width=100% height=100% viewBox=0 0 X X Then if should work iPhone too. Safari That used to work, but with the new iOS 4.2 it does not. James http://deerring.com

[svg-developers] Re: SVG Support in Opera 11

2011-01-13 Thread jamesd
SMIL animations don't work at all now in Opera, and I just put up a new site lauding the web browser. Not cool! James jdsvg.com - To unsubscribe send a message to: svg-developers-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com -or- visit

[svg-developers] IE9 SVG Support - Making the web better!

2011-01-28 Thread jamesd
Time for some humor! I was bored and so… went to see the MS IE9 SVG demos. I selected the SVG tweet cloud demo. My mouse cursor happened to be in the position to trigger this tweet upon the page loading (I kid you not). If this isn't funny I don't know what is. Seriously….. Microsoft what are

[svg-developers] Use element in HTML

2011-03-16 Thread jamesd
I was sitting around putting files together to test the new web browsers and got to thinking. Disclaimer: I have a severe thinking problem. Anyway I thought it might be cool to use the use tag in HTML. Got it to work, sort of. Hoping someone with a better left side brain can take a look at the

[svg-developers] Use in HTML. Who's Right, Who's Wrong.

2011-04-01 Thread jamesd
A while back I asked about the use element in HTML. I taught myself some CSS and got it to work... Somewhat. It works in Chrome - But no filter support Tries to work in Firefox - Doesn't display properly. but has filter support Doesn't display at all in Opera - Whats up with Opera SVG support?

[svg-developers] Re: Use in HTML. Who's Right, Who's Wrong.

2011-04-01 Thread jamesd
--- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Guy Morton guy@... wrote: And btw, your site looks fine in Safari...not much different to how it looks in Chrome in fact. You did view the site with Chrome? You don't see a Big difference? Check out the stars for example. As for me being down on

[svg-developers] Re: CSS, SVG and Building Scalable Web Sites

2011-05-15 Thread jamesd
--- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Bruce Lawson bruce@... wrote: It would be really helpful if you could let me have a list of which bits of the SVG you want to use are supported badly by Opera 11, so I can try to make sure that they're addressed by the next release, if you wouldn't

[svg-developers] Re: ANN: Introducing SVG magazine

2011-08-25 Thread jamesd
Cool! A magazine about SVG that does not use any SVG. How cool is that? We are pleased to announce the premiere issue of SVG magazine, a free online journal dedicated to all things SVG. http://svgmagazine.com/jul2011/ James - To unsubscribe

[svg-developers] WOFF fonts in SVG

2011-08-27 Thread jamesd
Didn't understand the technologic. After research, and snooping, it all makes perfect sense. I put my analysis of the subject on my personal web site. Bonus video at end showing government and Microsoft representatives welcoming Chris Lilleys decision. http://jdsvg.com Sincerely; James

[svg-developers] Re: HTML5 Equivalent to Frames?

2011-08-27 Thread jamesd
I believe if you are using HTML that Divs are the replacement for frames. I use them on my site and they seem to work well. James http://jdsvg.com - To unsubscribe send a message to: svg-developers-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com -or- visit

[svg-developers] Re: another WOFF question

2011-10-06 Thread jamesd
So, the question is this: How easy or painful is it to create a typeface for just 5 glyphs in WOFF? No problem I would be happy to do it. Send me the logo you desire and I'll have it in WOFF or SVG font format (or both) back to you in no time. James ja...@jdsvg.com

[svg-developers] Introducing SVML (SVG + HTML)

2011-11-04 Thread jamesd
Pioneered by the Mozilla Foundation with the release of the new Firefox web browser, SVML brings the best features of SVG and HTML together to be shared. HTML text handling, forms and database output can now be used in a scalable setting with all the graphic and layout capabilities of SVG.

[svg-developers] Re: Introducing SVML (SVG + HTML)

2011-11-09 Thread jamesd
I just received word that my SVML examples could not be seen using the Firefox nightly build. The person did not inform me what OS or platform they were using. I have no problem using Aurora 9.02a or Firefox 8.0 on the Mac platform. I do not have access to the other OS platforms. If anyone

[svg-developers] Re: Introducing SVML (SVG + HTML)

2011-11-09 Thread jamesd
--- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Robert Longson longsonr@... wrote: Firefox nightlies have https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=611099 this is a standards based change but is known to cause issues with existing content, including your website. The patch keeps getting backed out

[svg-developers] Re: websockets: check this out!

2011-12-06 Thread jamesd
--- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Roger F. Gay rogerfgay@... wrote: Oh dude(s and dudettes). Check this out. I've amazed myself. Go to any YouTube video, click share and embed and copy the embedding code. Then go to my websocket server demo. Click connect and replace the sample text

[svg-developers] Google+, Redirects and The End Of The World

2011-12-21 Thread jamesd
As many of you know, there has been some confusion about the Mayan calendar ending. To clarify, it just has to do with the fact that the end of the 21st of December 2012 I will officially reach retirement age, as it is my birthday. This means that there will be no more corporate/dictatorship or

[svg-developers] Re: Scaling behaviour and the browser

2012-01-06 Thread jamesd
David wrote Of course that leaves out the one browser that doesn't do SMIL. Wrong. Google Chrome (Webkit) doesn't support SMIL either. I just posted an example of this when I saw this post (I know, lousy houseguest) but, if you want to see that it is so, see my example at:

[svg-developers] Re: Scaling behaviour and the browser

2012-01-06 Thread jamesd
Then why does my demo not? James - To unsubscribe send a message to: svg-developers-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click edit my membership Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the

[svg-developers] Re: Scaling behaviour and the browser

2012-01-06 Thread jamesd
View demo, view source, select all, copy and paste into text editor. Good luck getting anyone to care. James --- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Marty Sullivan dark3251@... wrote: Well I can't tell by a quick glance at your demos, but maybe go in depth into what tags you're trying to use

[svg-developers] Re: Scaling behaviour and the browser

2012-01-06 Thread jamesd
No, I don't. Not my problem. James --- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Schiller codedread@... wrote: You have to reduce your problem down to as-small-as-possible test case and then attach it to the bug. Jeff - To unsubscribe send a

[svg-developers] WOFF Display Bug Solved (I think)

2012-01-17 Thread jamesd
Ever since WOFF fonts were announced, I've been spitting nails over the quality difference between SVG fonts and WOFF. Turns out that there is very little difference between the two. There is however a display bug with WOFF fonts. In order to isolate and define the problem, I need to know if it

[svg-developers] WOFF Display Bug Just Another Webkit Bug

2012-02-02 Thread jamesd
The problem with my WOFF font display: https://sites.google.com/site/jcdsvg/analysis.svg Turns out to be just a bug in Chrome and Webkit. Firefox 10 displays the WOFF font perfectly! Hopefully, someday it will be fixed in Chrome. James - To

[svg-developers] Re: How to file bug reports in all the different browsers

2012-02-24 Thread jamesd
Transparent, but not effective. --- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, meikelneu meikelneu@... wrote: --- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, David Dailey ddailey@ wrote: I can't remember how to file bug reports in all the different browsers - they seem intent on making sure that only

[svg-developers] Re: Group question concerning SVG in multiple browsers

2012-03-08 Thread jamesd
--- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Schiller codedread@... wrote: Why are you mailing around a HTML file? :) Perhaps that gentleman is financially embarrassed at the moment and places that provide free hosting such as Google+ are so mired in the twentieth century that they do not

[svg-developers] Resize image problem with SVG

2012-03-13 Thread jamesd
I am building a ecommerce site and have a problem with resizing an image. I have a link to expand a print image to full size screen. I would like to have a button link to resize the image to the print mat size so customers can then select the mat color, something like a 50% reduction. I have

[svg-developers] Chrome SMIL bug? Or just me.

2012-03-22 Thread jamesd
Works fine in Firefox, not in Chrome. Posted for others trying to use SMIL for quick site mockups. Is it the way I'm using it, or is it badly written? svg xmlns=http://www.w3.org/2000/svg; xmlns:xlink=http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink; x=0px y=0px width=100% height=100% viewBox=0 0 600 600

[svg-developers] Re: Chrome SMIL bug? Or just me.

2012-03-24 Thread jamesd
Excellent response. Your solution works perfectly. Hope all browser vendors support set attribute transform in the future. It makes doing SMIL page mockups much easier. Again thanks; James --- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Brian Birtles birtles@... wrote: Something like the following

[svg-developers] iPad 3 SVG Concerns

2012-03-26 Thread jamesd
Gave the iPad 3 a testing. What a beautiful display! Should be a boon to developers of SVG icons and graphics. One problem I encountered was in loading SVG files. If you open a page in portrait mode and then switch to landscape, the portrait mode remains in effect for the window size. This

[svg-developers] Reverse the Javascript?

2012-04-05 Thread jamesd
I have a scroll Down button for a SVG database display. It works great, but I would also like to have an Up button. Anyway to reverse this process? I could not find any info via Google. script type=text/javascript function jumpScroll() { window.scrollBy(0, window.innerHeight); } /script

[svg-developers] Re: Reverse the Javascript? - Pixels are dead

2012-04-06 Thread jamesd
yannick.bochatay@... wrote: you can use window.scrollTo(0,0). No you can't, not if you want the presentation to be scalable. The retina display and HDTV resolutions effectively make javascript actions based on pixel measurements obsolete. That's the problem. James

[svg-developers] Re: Chrome freeze bug

2012-06-05 Thread jamesd
Bob Hopgood wrote: Chrome has had freeze bugs for at least the last six months. I have put in several bug reports but nothing gets done. Welcome to reality. Webkit is trying hard to be the IE6 of the 21st century. I too have had issues with Webkit and gave up trying to get them resolved.

[svg-developers] Re: Zoom In Out wih SVG

2012-06-06 Thread jamesd
SVGpan works extremely well. The only thing is that your map should be in an iframe to avoid cross SVG confusion. http://code.google.com/p/svgpan/ James --- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, barkha barkha_crazzyworld@... wrote: Dear All, I want to Implement zoom-in and out of the

[svg-developers] Re: Zoom In Out wih SVG

2012-06-07 Thread jamesd
All I can say is that SVGpan is working extremely well for me. It allows the user to scroll the image on the trackpad without a mouse, I assume on a tablet you're finger swipe will do the same thing (Is that what you mean by touch events?). --- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Erik Dahlstrom

[svg-developers] Re: Zoom In Out wih SVG

2012-06-07 Thread jamesd
All I can say is that SVGpan is working extremely well for me. It allows the user to scroll the image on the trackpad without a mouse, I assume on a tablet you're finger swipe will do the same thing (Is that what you mean by touch events?). --- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Erik Dahlstrom

[svg-developers] Transform element and metric system

2012-06-21 Thread jamesd
I can use the metric system in SVG design for all purposes except the transform element. Why? If I want to place something at x=85% y=30% I can't, using transform. I have to stop, pull up a percentage calculator and then compute the pixel value based on my viewBox. In less time then the

[svg-developers] Re: Convert animate photos in SVG online, then give us our feedback

2012-06-27 Thread jamesd
This has got to be the worst of any examples I have seen for a new technology concept. Only the Busy Farmer shows any potential. Good luck. James - To unsubscribe send a message to: svg-developers-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com -or- visit

[svg-developers] Chrome for iOS - Any Good?

2012-07-02 Thread jamesd
Anyone downloaded and using Chrome for iOS? I don't have an iPad and am wondering if the iOS version supports filters. Thanks James - To unsubscribe send a message to: svg-developers-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com -or- visit

[svg-developers] SVG Open or Whatever

2012-08-10 Thread jamesd
Just posted on my G+ page a SVG demo of an SVG presentation. Wish the people at the conference would use SVG instead of Microsoft Powerpoint, that way non-attendees could view the presentations. It's as easy as finger painting. James - To

[svg-developers] Re: SVG Open or Whatever

2012-08-14 Thread jamesd
You can see my example at: https://sites.google.com/site/jcdsvg James --- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Barend Köbben kobben@... wrote: Hi James, I tend to agree with you, but it would be nice if you provide a link to your finger painting example... I don't use G+ (GooglePlus?) and

[svg-developers] Finding Div Window Height For SVG Database JS Question

2012-08-17 Thread jamesd
I am developing a SVG database and need some help. For web design and SVG I find that there are three javascripts that are needed. these are a rollover effect, view navigation and most importantly, a window scroll method that is based on ascertaining the window height of a Div and then

[svg-developers] Re: SVG in SVG - external CSS styling problem - Roberts response

2012-08-22 Thread jamesd
Could we see a security hack demonstration? Perhaps an explanation of how this could be detrimental? As far as I know only javascript can be run from within SVG files, and most all HTML5 pages are nothing but javascript. Or is this just old fear mongering? James --- In

[svg-developers] Re: SVG in SVG - external CSS styling problem - Roberts response

2012-08-22 Thread jamesd
SVG-as-an-image shouldn't be able to load external resources (which might come from other domains) Emphasis on might. What about local access? It too must be denied? Seems to be throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I just checked, there is not a terrorist hiding under every bed. James

[svg-developers] Re: SVG in SVG - external CSS styling problem - Roberts response

2012-08-29 Thread jamesd
Just found out that you can't use XML documents in your pages because of this fear. It's really advancing new and innovative approaches to design. Good work developers. James - To unsubscribe send a message to:

[svg-developers] Re: Prague Astronomical Clock simulator

2012-09-10 Thread jamesd
Finally, fantastic graphics being used in web applications! Beautiful! James --- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, honyk j.tosovsky@... wrote: Dear All, let me to introduce the Prague Astronomical Clock simulator: http://drifted.in/horologium-app/

[svg-developers] Standard Hover Effect

2012-10-17 Thread jamesd
I am currently using the below to highlight a button using the use element. It works in Firefox, but not in Chrome or IE. Could someone show me the proper way to use this action. I need it to be flexible, meaning not a specific javascript, as I use it on different instances with different

[svg-developers] Re: Standard Hover Effect - Thanks Eric

2012-10-22 Thread jamesd
Excellant response!! Thank you Erik. As I said I just want to use SVG for design, couldn't care less about this.setAttribute or evt.target.setAttribute. I just want to add a universal hover effect and move on. Again, thanks. With that said, one down many to go. James --- In

[svg-developers] XML:ID And Ethnicity - Multiple Attributes

2012-10-22 Thread jamesd
I am trying to make sense out of the xml:id tag and its usage as an attribute definer. Reading the web doesn't offer anything but contradictions. It seems that some want it to go away, leaving no way to specify a common attributes, and just have a unique id be used. This leaves a

[svg-developers] Re: XML:ID And Ethnicity - Multiple Attributes

2012-10-23 Thread jamesd
Thanks Jeff! I forgot entirely about the class attribute! I haven't used CSS in that manner in a very long time. Chrome, Firefox and now Opera work (haven't checked IE) using this solution with a pure SVG file. Chrome and Firefox accept it in a HTML/SVG file, but Opera has so many problems

[svg-developers] Re: XML:ID And Ethnicity - Thanks Jeff!

2012-10-24 Thread jamesd
I am prone to being oblivious to the obvious, something about the forest through the trees. Slept on it, Jeff's answer is dead on. A minor file tweak and style addition makes a simple method simpler. If anyone else is interested in portal files, class attribute is the key. Feel dumb, but

[svg-developers] Apple iOS 6 SVG Problems

2012-11-13 Thread jamesd
Went to evaluate the iPad mini. Excellent form factor, but crappy OS. Used below links for testing. 1. There is a SVG size bug when using HTML. See: http://sites.google.com/site/jcdsvg SVG image does not size to 100% width and 100% height. 2. iOS 6 does not recognize the SVG cursor=pointer

[svg-developers] Re: Apple iOS 6 SVG Problems

2012-11-14 Thread jamesd
That is the problem in a nutshell. SVG is ignored for the most part. --- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Marty Sullivan dark3251@... wrote: Yeah, things aren't there yet for sure. One question though, in terms of the cursor=pointer attribute, I wasn't even aware you could have an actual

[svg-developers] Re: Apple iOS 6 SVG Problems

2012-11-16 Thread jamesd
It's not about the cursor, but the desire to segment the web into media outlets. Soon, like TV of the fifties, you'll access content from one of a handful of proprietary vendors. A return to the ABC, NBC and CBS style TV providers. Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook? Here is an interesting

[svg-developers] Re: Apple iOS 6 SVG Problems

2012-11-16 Thread jamesd
SVG has been in development since 1999. Apple has 120 Beeellion dollars in cash. Just one billion devoted to programmers salaries would easily have changed the way of the internet by now. --- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Marty Sullivan dark3251@... wrote: I just don't see any evidence

[svg-developers] Re: What am I overlooking?

2013-01-13 Thread jamesd
--- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Robert Longson wrote: In Firefox 18 you can embed SVG glyphs within Opentype fonts. That way you get the complex shaping capability of OpenType together with SVG for the individual graphics. I thought that WOFF was the font Firefox selected for use

[svg-developers] Re: Wrapping Text in SVG 2

2013-06-05 Thread jamesd
--- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Doug Schepers doug@... wrote: As regular users of SVG, I'd like to know if there are any considerations we should take into account, if you feel this would meet your needs for use in SVG, or if you have any concerns. In my opinion there is no need for

[svg-developers] Re: Wrapping Text in SVG 2

2013-06-29 Thread jamesd
--- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Pranav Lal pranav.lal@... wrote: Hi Doug, I am probably jumping the gun here; What about adaptive technology? I wonder how text wrapping will be handled? I believe div is being phased out of HTML and there is a move towards better structure using

[svg-developers] Re: [ANN] SVGopen/ The Graphical Web: D3 Workshops

2013-09-06 Thread jamesd
I overheard a homeless alcoholic tell his friend Let's get drunk and pretend to be somebody. That about sums up what the conference is about in my opinion. A Microsoft PowerPoint circle jerk talking about what you could do, without having anything produced. I'd be willing to bet dollars to