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From one proprietary system to another. I wish HTML5 included a decent way to do the things that Flash excels at, like vector animation.
by mcav 17y ago
From one proprietary system to another.
I wish HTML5 included a decent way to do the things that Flash excels at, like vector animation.
- djcapelis 17y agoYou mean like the canvas tag? Or do you see something wrong with the canvas tag?
- mcav 17y agoCanvas does bare-bones drawing all right, but it's nowhere near Flash in terms of being a featureful graphics engine for things like games. For instance, you can't really detect clicks on individual shapes, etc. Maybe I just need to wait for a good wrapper library to come about... as long as it performs well, that would work I suppose. Canvas just isn't a good Flash replacement yet. It can replace some things that were done in flash, but not everything.
- djcapelis 17y agoThanks. I hadn't heard that criticism of canvas before and I found it valuable. (I have seen it used for games though, I believe, so I think perhaps you're likely to see the features you want available sooner or later.)
- simonw 17y agoSVG isn't bad at vector animation. Take a look at the http://raphaeljs.com/ http://raphaeljs.com/ demos.