On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 12:51 AM, Steve Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > 1. It's been on your bug database for ages hence filing another entry won't > move anything forwards. > 2. svg 1.1 spec seems a little over the top in places so not personally > interested in full support - just the good stuff. > 3. Have provided you with a minimal test case in the previous post. > 4. "Cite real-world sites using the functionality to the relevant bugs." > > ????? chicken and egg. that's not how we make progress ! I'll use it in our > site when it works but can't until it does. > For now I have to iframe as a workaround but that sucks because iframes grab > the entire rect for mouse input which means you can't subtly blend svg over > html.
Have you considered using SVG-in-HTML? https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/SVG_In_HTML_Introduction Adam > 5. Like you, I am busy. I don't have time to fix this (really). Sorry, > appreciate you don't like that but it is what it is. > > 6. Would be great if this could be advanced in priority to enable us to > raise the bar, cross browser. > > Am sure you won't appreciate this fired back at the mailing list & I realise > I'm risking a ban when you've asked me not to do this, but I'm a bit of a > rebel :) > > Thanks for all your hard work. > > FF has svg bugs too - different (lower priority niggles). Will go hassle > them next. IE9 a bit wobbly too, but well ... :) > > If basic support can be solidified cross browser, we have an interesting > platform over & above html5. > > Best regards, > Steve. > > > On 13/01/2013 21:37, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > > > Hi Steve, > > If you're interested in more complete SVG support, here are some things you > can do: > > (1) File bugs for any missing features that don't have bugs already. > (2) Create a meta-bug for "complete SVG 1.1 support" or what have you that's > blocked by all the relevant feature bugs. > (3) Add useful reduced test cases to the relevant bugs. > (4) Cite real-world sites using the functionality to the relevant bugs. > (5) Work on implementing some of these features yourself. > (6) Persuade WebKit hackers that you know (offlist) to work on some of these > features. > (7) Contact one of the vendors that works on WebKit via their developer > relations channels and ask them to implement the features you care about. > > If you are interested in more complete SVG support, I encourage you to do > some or all of these things. > > Note, however, that posting feature requests or advocacy for specific bugs > is not really appropriate for this list. It's for talking about the > development of WebKit itself, and no one uses requests on this list as a way > to drive priorities. > > I'm glad to see you are interested in WebKit's SVG support and I hope you > will consider some of the possible steps above to improve it. > > Cheers, > Maciej > > On Jan 13, 2013, at 8:37 AM, Steve Williams > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > I've done a little experimenting to see where we're at wrt to svg feature > set and it seems webkit is lagging some way behind gecko. > > Of particular concern is lack of external referencing capability through the > svg use tag. > > I attach a simple example that works in firefox for your consideration. > > root.svg should link through to object.svg and render it. > > It doesn't in latest chrome canary. You've had a bug filed on this for a > long time but it's still unresolved so thought I'd mail. > > https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12499 > > > "We are lowering the priority because this is not heavily used." > > The feature is not used heavily because it doesn't work properly. > > Never use lack of use as a reason to not do something :) > > SVG is important because it's the lowest common denominator high spec > graphics interface across all major browsers. Looks like you're behind ie9 > in terms of implementation. You should at least match their implementation > so we can raise the bar. Of course IE should implement webgl but until they > do SVG is the best we've got across all mainstream browsers. > > Thanks in advance for your consideration. > > webkit is behind the curve in implementation of this web standard - please > address this. > > Best regards, > Steve Williams > <root.svg><object.svg>_______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev > > > > > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev > _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
