I want to believe. SVG as an image format.Because my kids are now old enough to grok some complex games, I've introduced them to the Magic: The Gathering card game. They love it. I love it. To continue the fun, we went to a local comic book store and bought a couple booster packs, which apparently are still being sold throughout the world. One of my kids got a Protean Hydra. Sweet! The Hydra is a mythical beast with nine heads, and every time you chop off a head, two more grow back.

The web is like that. And we're not chopping off heads fast enough. Read the rest of this entry ...

§945 · September 21, 2010 · Software, SVG, Technology, Web · 8 comments · Tags: , ,


SVG Comic #6

§938 · September 14, 2010 · Cartoons, Entertainment · Comments Off on 006 · Tags:


I want to believe. SVG as an image format.I’ve updated my marketshare spreadsheet for Aug 2010 charting the percentage of web users who can view SVG and Canvas: 41.08%

Still looking for more stats sites - it seems that W3Counter is also not reliable (their public web stats for August were still not generated as of Sep 12th).

§921 · September 12, 2010 · Software, SVG, Technology, Web · Comments Off on SVG/Canvas Marketshare: Aug 2010 · Tags: , ,


I want to believe. SVG as an image format.Those wacky Mozilla guys just fixed a bug I've been waiting years for: They now support SVG in <img> tags (and in most image contexts, for example background-image). This will be available in Firefox 4 Beta 6 and beyond (or download a nightly). Read the rest of this entry ...

§926 · September 10, 2010 · Software, SVG, Technology, Web · 10 comments · Tags: , ,