Re: [whatwg] Why Canvas?

2007-08-01 Thread WeBMartians
til HTML 6. -Original Message- From: Andrew Fedoniouk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 2007 July 31 20:44 To: WeBMartians; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [whatwg] Why Canvas? - Original Message - From: "WeBMartians" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Re: [whatwg] Why Canvas?

2007-08-01 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:06:30 +0200, WeBMartians <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I "copy." So, it's essentially a question of expediency. Is that proper for a standard? Don't read me wrong - faced with getting the bloody document out, I'd opt for what is running today, too. If a standard doesn't

Re: [whatwg] Why Canvas?

2007-08-01 Thread WeBMartians
van Kesteren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 2007 August 01 03:51 To: WeBMartians; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [whatwg] Why Canvas? On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:34:01 +0200, WeBMartians <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why not allow the graphics primitives to operate on any element (no

Re: [whatwg] Why Canvas?

2007-08-01 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:34:01 +0200, WeBMartians <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Why not allow the graphics primitives to operate on any element (not just ) that has a height and width that may be expressed in picture elements... ...even window.screen with its .availHeight, .availWidth, .height,

Re: [whatwg] Why Canvas?

2007-07-31 Thread Křištof Želechovski
] Why Canvas? With a relatively stable (and implemented, actually) tag, this may be a doubtful question. However, I can't think of any answer, so here goes... Why ? Why not allow the graphics primitives to operate on any element (not just ) that has a height and width that may be express

Re: [whatwg] Why Canvas?

2007-07-31 Thread Andrew Fedoniouk
- Original Message - From: "WeBMartians" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 4:34 PM Subject: [whatwg] Why Canvas? With a relatively stable (and implemented, actually) tag, this may be a doubtful question. However, I can

[whatwg] Why Canvas?

2007-07-31 Thread WeBMartians
With a relatively stable (and implemented, actually) tag, this may be a doubtful question. However, I can't think of any answer, so here goes... Why ? Why not allow the graphics primitives to operate on any element (not just ) that has a height and width that may be expressed in picture eleme