[whatwg] Processing the zoom level - MS extensions to window.screen

[Robert O'Callahan]

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Charles Pritchard <chuck at jumis.com> wrote:

>   SVG is a document format. It is not reliably implemented. It's far more
> expensive to implement SVG on a new environment than Canvas.
>

So? You don't have to implement it.


I can't do much for you here other than explain to you what I'm hearing.
> a) Why are you using our Canvas implementation instead of our SVG
> implementation.
> b) Why are you using ctx.fillText('Test') instead of
> element.appendChild(document.createElement('text')).textContent = 'Test'.
>
> For answers
> a: I'm using it because I work across a variety of browser platforms.
> Canvas is far better supported.
>

It doesn't make sense to request entirely new features (that by definition
aren't currently supported) because existing features aren't widely
supported.

Anyway, I'm not sure why you think <canvas> is far better supported than
SVG. What browser supports <canvas> but not SVG?



>
>>>
>> Sure, but there are plenty of canvas uses that aren't animating all the
>> time (I've seen image editing apps, sites that use canvas as their
>> _input_, not their output, etc).
>>
>>
> 1. Name one.


http://arewefastyet.com
http://www.simile-widgets.org/timeplot/
http://jwf.us/blog_apps/mandelbrot_canvas/

Robert's suggestion would radically alter the existing functionality of
> canvas


Only in a way that maintains compatibility with existing content. Otherwise
I wouldn't have suggested it.


> and require a whole lot of work from other vendors.
>

Not really.

Rob
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