Comments on: Squib of the day: SVG theme support http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2009/03/18/squib-of-the-day-svg-theme-support/ "Many window managers are like Marshmallow Froot Loops; Metacity is like Cheerios." Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:08:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Screwtape http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2009/03/18/squib-of-the-day-svg-theme-support/comment-page-1/#comment-922 Screwtape Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:53:25 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/?p=480#comment-922 Firstly, that picture is... I mean, ewww. I think you've pretty much hit the nail on the head with your summary, but I think more attention should be given to the middle-ground between the Hypothetical Vectacity Future (all-SVG, all the time) and the current state (where SVG is treated as Just Another Bitmap Image Format). SVG's weakness is the difficulty of expressing what HTML/CSS authors call "liquid layout"; if the V3 theme format were designed around shaping and sizing SVG content, that would probably give you a lot of Benefit #1 and some of Benefit #2 without as much of the drawbacks. Firstly, that picture is… I mean, ewww.

I think you’ve pretty much hit the nail on the head with your summary, but I think more attention should be given to the middle-ground between the Hypothetical Vectacity Future (all-SVG, all the time) and the current state (where SVG is treated as Just Another Bitmap Image Format). SVG’s weakness is the difficulty of expressing what HTML/CSS authors call “liquid layout”; if the V3 theme format were designed around shaping and sizing SVG content, that would probably give you a lot of Benefit #1 and some of Benefit #2 without as much of the drawbacks.

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