HTML5 Graphics with SVG & CSS3 by Kurt Cagle

HTML5 Graphics with SVG & CSS3 Kurt Cagle ebook
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Format: pdf
Page: 120
ISBN: 9781449304478

We wanted to share some of our thoughts and SVG image documents can be used in the same way you would use any other image format, with an img tag in HTML/JavaScript or as a background image in CSS. It translate the SVG markup on to a Flash canvas proving that Flash still has a place on the web as a bridging technology as well as it's intended use. The rumor is IE9 will support HTML 5, CSS 3 and SVG vector graphics. Web browsers, devices and the HTML5 specification are continuously evolving, it's a challenge to know what techniques are available, how they are supported and which would be most suitable for our next project. With 90 detailed hacks, expert web developers Jesse Cravens and Jeff Burtoft demonstrate intriguing uses of HTML5-related technologies. HTML5; SVG; CSS3; Canvas/OpenGL. Taming the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Beast - Open Source Resources for Web Developers. The CSS uses media queries to detect the screen size and automatically serves up the correct SVG image. So, while still possible to achieve this affect with either a large image or a small, repeated one, the new gradient effects in HTML5 /CSS3 are better for two reasons: they look good at all resolutions and are smaller in download size. Advantages of employing vector graphics for HTML5 game development include: Scalability without loss of clarity; Manipulation of individual components; Client-side, rather than Here we've set the CSS display attribute to none so that the canvas containing the rendered SVG version of our beast isn't visible. Unfortunately So, while it's not quite pure HTML5, the SVG background scales just as nicely and is minimal in size: see Robert Biggs' blog at http://css3wizardry.com/2010/10/29/css-gradients-for-ie9/ for more information.