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SVG-edit: Vector drawing in your browser

123 points by J3L2404 16y ago

pedrokost 16y ago
I didn't know SWG worked so well, even in Chrome. It's great how it scales on page zoom. I wish desktop application could be zoomed in this way.
DTrejo 16y ago
Another SVG based drawing tool is http://markup.io/ http://markup.io/, which is more useful for marking up web pages. Example: http://api.markup.io/v/ng7dny7nxj0r http://api.markup.io/v/ng7dny7nxj0r At least I think it is SVG, at the very least it uses Raphael.js
- ptm 16y ago
  OpenDNS blocks your second link with a phishing warning.
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mike-cardwell 16y ago
Wow. That worked much better than I was expecting it to. Bookmarked.
noglorp 16y ago
Very cool, been waiting for such things to pop up. Now I can draw a penis on any site and send it to friends!
nutjob123 16y ago
Funny to see this. I'm releasing a vector drawing app for android this week. Code is almost done but I need to come up with a good name for it...
- jcfrei 16y ago
  how about vecroid?
  - aberkowitz 16y ago
    Vectroid?
    - nutjob123 16y ago
      I always appreciate suggestions, People might think vectroid is a game. It sounds a little like metroid. For naming I like using combinations of regular words. Like "vector paint" or something.
- J3L2404 16y ago
  Vectrolux
- armandososa 16y ago
  andraw
vog 16y ago
That's a really nice application, but I think I still prefer Inkscape.
- vdm 16y ago
  Can I click on a link into Inkscape's code repository and try it out right now? Comparing this with a desktop app is missing the point.
  - vog 16y ago
    > Can I click on a link into Inkscape's code repository and try it out right now? I can select Inkscape in aptitude (or any other package manager of any other decent OS), wait a few seconds for the download, and can run it immediately. Okay, this won't give me the latest bleeding edge version, but instead I get a mature application that is well-tested and provides more functionality than I ever needed. (in particular, more functionality than SVG-edit) > Comparing this with a desktop app is missing the point. You seem to imply that SVG-edit has some inherent advantage over Inkscape because it is a web application. However, the main criterion is still: getting things done for the user, isn't it? So yes, maybe SVG-edit will evolve more quickly due to being a web application. However, in that case it should surpass Inkscape in the near future. Only then it has proven to be better - not because it is a web application, but because it is more useful.
    - sur 16y ago
      Okay, this won't give me the latest bleeding edge version, but instead I get a mature application that is well-tested and provides more functionality than I ever needed. (in particular, more functionality than SVG-edit) But the same goes for Google Docs and OpenOffice. Having more features isn't always what matters most.
      - vog 16y ago
        > But the same goes for Google Docs and OpenOffice I beg to differ. Google Docs does provide some important features which OpenOffice doesn't provide. However, I didn't find any such thing in SVG-edit. > Having more features isn't always what matters most. Apart from stability (which could also be considered a feature), what else are you talking about? The set of features determines the usefulness (or uselessness) of an application, doesn't it?
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vdm 16y ago
They have a good project overview page, but one thing I would like to see is links to some apps where this is used.
- carussell 16y ago
  http://bluegriffon.org http://bluegriffon.org
  - vdm 16y ago
    I needed to look at Wikipedia to find out what that does, and that its from the creator of Nvu. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlueGriffon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlueGriffon
gallerytungsten 16y ago
Sites like these remind me of the first days of programs like MacPaint. A sign of far more capable things to come.
akamaka 16y ago
This is amazing. It's not amazing to use a vector editor, but amazing that this is the first one I've ever used that feels right, and that all the Flash-based graphics editing apps written in the last couple of years couldn't achieve that proper feel.
armandososa 16y ago
It reminds me of Corel Draw, which was my preferred tool for vector graphics for seven years before I switched to mac. Man! you've made me miss it and remembered me how much I hate Adobe Illfrustrator. Any intention of growing this into a real full fledged product?
chrisbroadfoot 16y ago
It seems overly difficult to create a shape or line with bezier curves. Do you have to start with the freeform pen tool?
holcombj 16y ago
For anybody that is using Firefox, you might try the stable release: http://svg-edit.googlecode.com/svn/branches/2.5.1/editor/svg-editor.html http://svg-edit.googlecode.com/svn/branches/2.5.1/editor/svg... I wasn't able to get the linked version to work in Firefox (3.6.11).

123 points by J3L2404 16y ago

I didn't know SWG worked so well, even in Chrome. It's great how it scales on page zoom. I wish desktop application could be zoomed in this way.

DTrejo 16y ago

Another SVG based drawing tool is http://markup.io/ http://markup.io/, which is more useful for marking up web pages. Example: http://api.markup.io/v/ng7dny7nxj0r http://api.markup.io/v/ng7dny7nxj0r At least I think it is SVG, at the very least it uses Raphael.js

ptm 16y ago
OpenDNS blocks your second link with a phishing warning.

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mike-cardwell 16y ago

Wow. That worked much better than I was expecting it to. Bookmarked.

noglorp 16y ago

Very cool, been waiting for such things to pop up. Now I can draw a penis on any site and send it to friends!

nutjob123 16y ago

Funny to see this. I'm releasing a vector drawing app for android this week. Code is almost done but I need to come up with a good name for it...

jcfrei 16y ago
how about vecroid?
- aberkowitz 16y ago
  Vectroid?
  - nutjob123 16y ago
    I always appreciate suggestions, People might think vectroid is a game. It sounds a little like metroid. For naming I like using combinations of regular words. Like "vector paint" or something.
J3L2404 16y ago
Vectrolux
armandososa 16y ago
andraw

vog 16y ago

That's a really nice application, but I think I still prefer Inkscape.

vdm 16y ago
Can I click on a link into Inkscape's code repository and try it out right now? Comparing this with a desktop app is missing the point.
- vog 16y ago
  > Can I click on a link into Inkscape's code repository and try it out right now? I can select Inkscape in aptitude (or any other package manager of any other decent OS), wait a few seconds for the download, and can run it immediately. Okay, this won't give me the latest bleeding edge version, but instead I get a mature application that is well-tested and provides more functionality than I ever needed. (in particular, more functionality than SVG-edit) > Comparing this with a desktop app is missing the point. You seem to imply that SVG-edit has some inherent advantage over Inkscape because it is a web application. However, the main criterion is still: getting things done for the user, isn't it? So yes, maybe SVG-edit will evolve more quickly due to being a web application. However, in that case it should surpass Inkscape in the near future. Only then it has proven to be better - not because it is a web application, but because it is more useful.
  - sur 16y ago
    Okay, this won't give me the latest bleeding edge version, but instead I get a mature application that is well-tested and provides more functionality than I ever needed. (in particular, more functionality than SVG-edit) But the same goes for Google Docs and OpenOffice. Having more features isn't always what matters most.
    - vog 16y ago
      > But the same goes for Google Docs and OpenOffice I beg to differ. Google Docs does provide some important features which OpenOffice doesn't provide. However, I didn't find any such thing in SVG-edit. > Having more features isn't always what matters most. Apart from stability (which could also be considered a feature), what else are you talking about? The set of features determines the usefulness (or uselessness) of an application, doesn't it?

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vdm 16y ago

They have a good project overview page, but one thing I would like to see is links to some apps where this is used.

carussell 16y ago
http://bluegriffon.org http://bluegriffon.org
- vdm 16y ago
  I needed to look at Wikipedia to find out what that does, and that its from the creator of Nvu. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlueGriffon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlueGriffon

gallerytungsten 16y ago

Sites like these remind me of the first days of programs like MacPaint. A sign of far more capable things to come.

akamaka 16y ago

This is amazing. It's not amazing to use a vector editor, but amazing that this is the first one I've ever used that feels right, and that all the Flash-based graphics editing apps written in the last couple of years couldn't achieve that proper feel.

armandososa 16y ago

It reminds me of Corel Draw, which was my preferred tool for vector graphics for seven years before I switched to mac. Man! you've made me miss it and remembered me how much I hate Adobe Illfrustrator. Any intention of growing this into a real full fledged product?

chrisbroadfoot 16y ago

It seems overly difficult to create a shape or line with bezier curves. Do you have to start with the freeform pen tool?

holcombj 16y ago

For anybody that is using Firefox, you might try the stable release: http://svg-edit.googlecode.com/svn/branches/2.5.1/editor/svg-editor.html http://svg-edit.googlecode.com/svn/branches/2.5.1/editor/svg... I wasn't able to get the linked version to work in Firefox (3.6.11).