On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 1:22 AM, MilesTogoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Christopher Schmidt wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 02:44:02PM -0700, MilesTogoe wrote: > > > >> Anyone using Windows can download and use the mostly W3C compliant > >> Firefox for free. I haven't seen anything that indicates MS will > >> support the W3C SVG standard on IE8 or any other IE version. Until IE > >> supports SVG, they are not abiding by W3C standards and we should > >> continue to advocate that users use Firefox, especially since OSM and > >> OpenLayers utilize SVG. > >> > > > > OpenLayers uses SVG *or* VML: It has no problem using VML to do all its > > vector rendering when it is working in IE, and has done so since vector > > support was added. Even if OpenStreetMap were to create and support an > > OSM editing interface that used OpenLayers Vector support, this would > > not preclude the use of IE. > > > Yes, but only SVG should have to be supported - it's a world standard. > It would mean less conversion code and less code to maintain is > important for any project. And it would make things easier for direct > SVG editing in OSM, easier SVG display integration across projects and > custom applications, etc. Thus, we should advocate browsers that adhere > to the SVG standards that many of us are using and if MS feels the pain > of users switching or ignoring their attempts to monopolize the market > by ignoring SVG, they too will start supporting SVG. Every other > browser now supports SVG except IE. Wouldn't it be great if the IE team > could get off their duff and rise to the challenge of creating the > fastest SVG rendering browser? Think how much easier it would be not to > render out to tiles. > > In an ideal world yes > > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev >
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