On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:50:48 +0100, cremnosedum <[email protected]> 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? I am pretty sure that someone has done that, although I can't think where to start looking. Probably in this group ;) For people who are more used to JS than markup, canvas can make sense. And if you want really high-performance, the fact that it doesn't make a DOM has some speed advantages. > Is Canvas that much more widely supported than SVG? I'm probably > asking the wrong group about this. It's a bit better supported - in that SVG features like animation are still missing or patchy in some browsers. cheers > 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 [email protected], "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] >> > > -- Charles McCathieNevile Opera Software, Standards Group je parle français -- hablo español -- jeg lærer norsk http://my.opera.com/chaals Try Opera: http://www.opera.com ------------------------------------ ----- 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: [email protected] [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/
