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 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/
