[whatwg] Using SVG instead of Canvas for extensions

[Charles Pritchard]

The same origin issues with <img src="doc.svg" /> have a mixed history.
I agree that bit-level rendering in Canvas is impractical for most uses.

I've done a bit of work on authoring tools; I would like to see the same 
origin issues with basic SVG references fixed in the near future.


-Charles


On 1/18/12 7:00 PM, Elliott Sprehn wrote:
> SVG taints the canvas in every browser I've tried which precludes many 
> uses of canvas that require toDataURL() to work.
>
> I don't think SVG is a reasonable solution to the lacking features in 
> the canvas API. Having to decide between bit level access and dotted 
> lines is not reasonable.
>
> On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Charles Pritchard <chuck at jumis.com 
> <mailto:chuck at jumis.com>> wrote:
>
>     There have been quite a few threads and requests for extensions to
>     the Canvas 2d API.
>
>     I've been working on some extensions to help Canvas authors meet
>     WCAG2 conformance, over at public-canvas-api.
>
>     I want to point out to all of you, that many of the features you'd
>     like to see in Canvas can be accomplished via drawImage and SVG.
>     SVG support in the image element is working in many browsers.
>
>     There are many methods available in SVG that are not available in
>     Canvas. Use SVG images as a means to enable them in your Canvas
>     interface.
>     It's not a perfect solution, but for some things, like dotted
>     lines, it can work out.
>
>