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The kthoom logoSometimes I get an idea and I just have to see it through to a point where it will let my brain go. At work Thursday we were all slobbering over Steve's iPad and someone brought up how cool the Marvel app is. I had to admit it was much nicer than any piece of software I'd used for viewing comics before on my laptop.

In the meantime, I've been carefully watching WebKit creep closer and closer to implementing the W3C File API (Go Kinuko!). Something I've been eagerly waiting for more browsers to do so you can open up local files in SVG-edit.

And then it hit me. Read the rest of this entry ...

§832 · April 12, 2010 · JavaScript, RIA, Software, Technology, Web · 3 comments · Tags: , ,

SVG/Canvas Marketshare: Mar 2010

The SVG LogoSVGI've updated my marketshare spreadsheet for March 2010 charting the percentage of web users who can view SVG/Canvas: 39.99%

P.S. I should mention that this figure does not take into account any user that has a SVG plugin installed or authors who have used the excellent SVG Web or ExplorerCanvas shims, so this is really a worst-case number.

§804 · April 5, 2010 · RIA, Software, SVG, Technology, Web · Comments Off on SVG/Canvas Marketshare: Mar 2010 · Tags: ,

Searchable Buzz?

[clipart]I have a nice Twitter search feed for SVG that has been enormously helpful to me. I haven't signed up for Google Buzz yet, but I'd like to search through Buzz for mentions of SVG. Is there a way to do this? Isn't Google a search company? 🙂

§799 · April 3, 2010 · Software, Technology, Web · Comments Off on Searchable Buzz? · Tags: , ,

To And Fro

[clipart]Issue 70 has been open for awhile now. In fact it's one of just a handful of two-digit bugs left in SVG-edit. Now that all browsers have heralded support for SVG into the future, one might argue that the need for this bug will evaporate in a couple years. However, one would be wrong. First, there are lots of mobile browsers out there. Second, in some cases it could be easier to just tell the browser how to draw a collection of dots rather than mathematical instructions (think thumbnails). So how to solve it? Read the rest of this entry ...

§782 · March 31, 2010 · JavaScript, RIA, Software, SVG, Technology, Web · 3 comments · Tags: ,

Know The Beast

[clipart]Cameron Adams decided to benchmark Flash, SVG, Canvas and HTML5 using a particle engine he created. Not surprising (to me anyway), the SVG scores were the worst of the bunch. This stands to reason: does each particle really need to be a DOM element? Nonetheless, I decided to see what I could do to make the SVG scores suck less. I thought I'd use it as an opportunity to also teach some techniques.

Update: Added some browser scores for Nov 2011

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§757 · March 22, 2010 · Software, SVG, Technology, Tips, Web · 21 comments · Tags: , , ,

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