Mr. Schepers put together a proposal entitled Referenced Parameter Variables in SVG. This would allow declarative access to parameters from a parent document. Read the rest of this entry ...
Do not adjust your sets, today is CSS Naked Day. I decided to steal Sam Ruby's "naked trucker silhouette" this year. Sam has privately let me know that I cheat by using inline style, but sometimes I want to float my clipart left and sometimes I want to float it right. I guess I should turn those into classes. Will do so for next year. Oh well, Sam cheats too.
In case you missed it, Google Docs was recently upgraded with a Draw Chart capability. This was, in my opinion, the biggest reason to still use desktop software like Microsoft Office. The best part? It uses SVG to get the job done (and VML if you're still using IE). Bravo! Encore!
Thoughts on the future of this feature? Here are some things I want:
- Please allow the author to extract the drawing as an SVG file from the service (currently Firebug is the only way I could figure out how).
- Fill gradients (Linear and Radial), please
And yes, there are privacy concerns with an online (aka 'cloud') service like this - I'm not implying you should use this for everything - but for the occasional document that you want to use for collaboration, it really does the trick.
Now if only I could get them to update their Spreadsheet service so that I can use it offline...
Happy AdaLoveLace Day to Shelley Powers. I happened to be browsing through some blogger's archives marveling at how many posts are just no longer intelligible (this and this are good examples). It's a shame that many of her older writings are no longer around (or are they?). Shelley's had an interesting life so far. I look forward to continuing to learn from her.
This evening on "As The Twitter Spews":
- Opera's "Web Opener" (and newest Interest Group member) makes a request
- Internet Explorer's Head Honcho gets a little huffy
- Snarkiness
BTW, if you're not on Twitter yet, you are missing out. For instance, I find this feed useful.