Comments on: Raphaël 1.0 RC; Get your graphics on

By: praetoriansentry

praetoriansentry — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:22:03 +0000

This is a really cool library. I just gave it a try and was able to take an svg image and make it completely interactive. Very very useful.

By: blinkingmarquee

blinkingmarquee — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:01:21 +0000

Raphael has come a long way – it’s been around since early 2008 or so.

Since MS will never ever add SVG because, well, I used to think it was because they were pissed the W3C didn’t take VML seriously and it was first, they left the game and ‘took their ball home’ so to speak.

One more note – I found the JS source code of Raphael some of the more interesting/advanced I’ve come across for JS syntax used.

By: jhuni

jhuni — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:29:49 +0000

This is basically a combination of SVG/VML similar to dojo.gfx. I like that it is only 54 kb so I might end up trying it out a bit. I still like the idea of using the Canvas/VML because I like how the Canvas tag has the best performance and it resembles modern graphics hardware.

By: Joeri

Joeri — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:26:37 +0000

And can I have a pink pony too? ;)

By: randomrandom

randomrandom — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:57:36 +0000

Correction: Now what we JUST need *is* a visual design tool…

By: randomrandom

randomrandom — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:53:42 +0000

Good. Now what we JUST need a visual design tool to work with these JS libraries, as well as SVG (now working across all browsers [with Google's SVG lib for IE] and CSS 3 animations and transitions.

By: sos

sos — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:24:54 +0000

Is this very different from dojox.gfx in some way, or another implementation of more or less the same thing?

By: Darkimmortal

Darkimmortal — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:05:15 +0000

Awesome, something that might actually be practical for once.

By: FunPackedShow

FunPackedShow — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:25:45 +0000

This means every graphical object you create is also a DOM objectt, so you can attach JavaScript event handlers or modify them later.

I like the sound of this. The only way I've been able to emulate something like this with is to create a new for each object: fiddley at best.

By: stoimen

stoimen — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:05:38 +0000

Great! That is exactly what I was searching for!! Thanks again!