There's a JS called Easel you might like to look at. I had exactly the same questions. It looks to me like Easel is trying to make Canvas have the same capabilities as SVG. Why? I think, as you suggest, any browser that has Canvas support also has some level of SVG support. Why try to give Canvas SVG-like features when SVG already has them? Very puzzling.
On 22/12/2010, at 8:50 AM, cremnosedum wrote: > I've been reading up on Canvas. It seems a huge hassel compared to SVG. You > have to define this area (or multiple areas) on your page and then draw in > them with JavaScript. Several JS functions are equivalent to one SVG > element. Has somebody made a JS library that will handle the common > functions so you can do them with one function call (e.g. > line(x1,y1,x2,y2,strokewidth,strokecolor))? Presumably you could have > something that reads an SVG file and renders it in Canvas but would it be > worth it? Is Canvas that much more widely supported than SVG? I'm probably > asking the wrong group about this. > > Richard Pearman http://www.pixelpalaces.com/ > The next stage in the evolution of web comics: > http://www.onlinecomics.net/pages/details/listing.php?comicID=4415 > Read my Helium articles: http://www.helium.com/users/212199 > South Alberta Cactus and succulent society: > http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20360241008 > > --- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, "Dailey, David P." <david.dai...@...> > wrote: >> >> Citing the marvels of <canvas> and new CSS features, Adobe has disabled the >> SVG support in AIR. The statement is a bit odd: >> >> "a great deal of interest lately is support for SVG" >> Later >> "coupled with a trend toward reduced interest in SVG graphics" >> and finally: >> "renewed interest in rich JavaScript applications powered by HTML5 canvas >> and faster JavaScript engines increased the number of requests for >> scriptable vector graphics via SVG." >> >> http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/ajax/articles/air_and_webkit.html >> >> Oneiromancy is apparently not their specialty any more. They could stand a >> tea-leaf reading lesson from the after-hours discussions at SVG Open I think. >> >> David >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > ----- > 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 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: 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: svg-developers-dig...@yahoogroups.com svg-developers-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: svg-developers-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
