I covered my recent experiments in using SVG in HTML in SVG in HTML. I linked two different example pages with SVG inline in HTML: one dependent on HTML5 parsing (Firefox nightly), the other using the library, SVGWeb. There’s another difference between the two examples other than just their implementation. The first example, dependent on a browser parsing […]
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All about Scalar Vector Graphics (SVG)
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My SVG progress bar
In honor of Microsoft supporting SVG in IE9, Web Directions is hosting an application contest: create your best and most innovative progress element using SVG. Microsoft is providing the prizes, and they’re nice: a new laptop, XBox, and Lego Mindstorms kit. Tasty. I was inspired to create my own SVG progress graphic applications, using a well […]
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Making progress with SVG
Web Directions has created a No Bit, Sherlock developer challenge, with nice prizes such as a laptop and XBox for the person or persons who comes up with the most creative variation of SVG progress element. A nice play on the name (“no bit”), but even nicer prizes. I’m not participating in the contest, but couldn’t resist […]
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Snowing
I’ve not been the best at keeping up with my writing at my various sites. I have been writing, though. I have a two-part article up at A List Apart: Using SVG for Flexible, Scalable, and Fun Backgrounds, Part 1 and Part 2. Though Microsoft still hasn’t implemented SVG in IE, with the company’s new membership in the […]
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Celebrating the first day of SVGOpen
Wordle Image of RealTech front page, captured using Skitch and saved as PNG. PNG file opened in Inkscape, and Trace Bitmap applied. Bitmap options: Multiple Scans, Colors, 5 Scans, with options to stack the scans, and remove background. SVG finished by running Scour, saving 52.1% of the SVG file size. SVG made cross-browser friendly, via SVGWeb.