> > + An XHTML deploy script, which transforms XHTML documents to > something even the Microsoft Internet Explorer can interpret > correctly. There are two options. It can be transformed to correct > HTML, or, if XML features like foreign namespaces are actually > needed, to XHTML following the HTML compatibility guidelines[5] with > PHP code for choosing the MIME type depending on the Accept field of > the HTTP request header. So the options are HTML or PHP. In a PHP > document the processing instructions Internet Explorer needs so it > can handle certain foreign namespaces would be added automatically by > the script. It could also support XHTML+SMIL[6] by making it > compatible with HTML+TIME 2 for Internet Explorer, and linking in the > FakeSmile[4] script for other browsers. Conditional comments[7] make > such a thing possible. For deploying inline SVG for Internet Explorer > there are several options. ASV, conversion to an alternative VML > version, rendering to a raster image format... > > The basic idea is that the author should write plain XHTML, and the > deploy script works around many of the browser specific problems > which one normally needs to consider. Web design is fun again. > Without much reading about browser specific issues one can use things > which normally wouldn't simply work, like SVG, and object tags for > images. They would still work better in some browsers than in others, > but when the workarounds can be added automatically, people would > start using these technologies more widely, which would also increase > pressure on browser vendors to improve their standards support. > That's the idea. Of course it wouldn't really work this way. But it > could be useful for me, and maybe a few other people. >
I was going to hold off on posting this until it had gone through a few more iterations, but I am working on a script that transforms svg, either inline or embedded, into VML by leveraging dojox.gfx. The project page is here, but there's not much to see yet in terms of demos, as we're currently in the process of deploying it on our pages: http://msdl.cs.mcgill.ca/people/jake/svg2gfx Jake ------------------------------------ ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -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: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
