I want to believe. SVG as an image format.I've been busy at my day job not launching code, but over the weekend I had some fun converting kthoom's unzip/inflate algorithm from using binary strings to using Typed Arrays. Typed Arrays mean native binary data that is accessible to JavaScript in the browser, making operations like unzip much much faster (like 4x). Read the rest of this entry ...

§1005 · February 23, 2011 · Firefox, Google, Software, Technology, Web · Comments Off on TypedArrays make me theoretically happy ·


I want to believe. SVG as an image format.I’ve updated my marketshare spreadsheet for Nov 2010 charting the percentage of web users who can view SVG and Canvas: 44.57%

I'm also tracking what percentage of web users can see SVG in an <img> tag: 18.41%

§995 · December 21, 2010 · Software, SVG, Technology, Web · Comments Off on SVG/Canvas Marketshare: Nov 2010 · Tags: , , ,


I want to believe. SVG as an image format.Grooveshark recently deployed an updated UI done in HTML5 instead of Flash. In a word, it's awesome. Scrolling is smoother. Text is fully selectable. I like being able to resize the UI (I don't think their previous Flash interface allowed zooming at all). I really hope Grooveshark can find a successful revenue model that will keep it alive. Read the rest of this entry ...

§969 · December 5, 2010 · Google, Microsoft, Software, Technology, Web · 7 comments ·


I want to believe. SVG as an image format.I’ve updated my marketshare spreadsheet for Oct 2010 charting the percentage of web users who can view SVG and Canvas: 44.11%

I also started tracking what percentage of web users can see SVG in an <img> tag: 18%

§965 · November 9, 2010 · Software, SVG, Technology, Web · Comments Off on SVG/Canvas Marketshare: Oct 2010 ·


I want to believe. SVG as an image format.I’ve updated my marketshare spreadsheet for Sep 2010 charting the percentage of web users who can view SVG and Canvas: 43.10%

I also started tracking what percentage of web users can see SVG in an <img> tag. Currently that's at about 16%, up from 8% a year ago. I expect that number to soar dramatically once Firefox 4 and IE9 are released.

§959 · October 10, 2010 · Software, SVG, Technology, Web · 3 comments · Tags: