If reuse of the same SVG `rel="icon"` is desirable, would it be possible to have certain elements inside the SVG use `class="mask"` or something similar?
--Taylor Hunt On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <m...@apple.com> wrote: > > There’s no technological enforcement that the SVG only uses the color black. > We will interpret it as a mask in the same way as the SVG ‘mask’ element, > which effectively combines the luminance with the alpha channel. Effectively, > this means that other colors will end up partly transparent, so using other > colors will probably do something weird, but nothing prevents authors from > doing that afaik. > > The reason for treating the icon as a mask is that we want to enforce having > a monochrome shape, specifically for our pinned tabs feature. > > Regards, > Maciej > >> On Jun 15, 2015, at 6:52 PM, Nils Dagsson Moskopp >> <n...@dieweltistgarnichtso.net> wrote: >> >> If I am not mistaken, it should be possible to use the outline shape >> while not requiring 100% black color for every path in the SVG icon. >> As I see it, a proper icon has to have a distinctive outline anyway. >> >> Karl Dubost <k...@la-grange.net> writes: >> >>> Nils, >>> >>> Le 16 juin 2015 à 10:03, Nils Dagsson Moskopp >>> <n...@dieweltistgarnichtso.net> a écrit : >>>> Edward O'Connor <eocon...@apple.com> writes: >>>>> These images can be tinted to better fit in with the site's theme. >>>> >>>> Please tell me where the requirement for SVG favicons with 100% black >>>> paths comes from. I do not understand why an SVG favicon cannot have >>>> proper SVG colors so there are no interoperability issues with it. >>> >>> Ed, maybe, replied already I believed in the sentence above. >>> The mask icon is giving just a shape. So that the chosen theme of the phone >>> can customized the color to its own choice. Be imposed by the brand of the >>> operator, or I guess someone hacking its theme to have its own. >>> >>> see for example >>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9711481/icon-color-on-different-themes >>> I guess things like "Android theme", "icon sets", etc. would give some >>> answers. >>> https://dribbble.com/search?q=+icon+sets+monochrome >>> >>> It's a way for a site to provide a generic shaped icon but that will adjust >>> its colors depending on the theme. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Karl Dubost 🐄 >>> http://www.la-grange.net/karl/ >>> >> >> -- >> Nils Dagsson Moskopp // erlehmann >> <http://dieweltistgarnichtso.net> >
