Dec 8, 2008
A UTF encoding problem was signaled to me by Erik Dahlström of Opera, that would make GEMï display an XML error page in the next generation browsers. This has been fixed in version 1.52. Those who are using version 1.51 should upgrade.
Nov 21, 2008
Tiny Tools is a new category in the library that contains scripts only. Two for now: a mini debugger and a node builder (v1 creates any SVG element with any attributes/properties passed through an object).
Dec 8, 2008
GEMï 1.52 has been released. GEMï is a WOS, a fully featured, integrated multi-windows system suitable for presentations as well as complex interactive projects (maps, scientific, educational) and extremely simple to adapt to your needs. It is presented with an example of a basic, non interactive application. Instructions and use are included in the package and are also available through the help menu. The downloadable zip package contains the bare version with no demo examples. GEMï is under the LGPL license.
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Nov 20, 2008
Color picker 1.1 has been released. It was developed for GEMï and is now available as standalone for easy integration. Speed and usability on high end hardware are comparable to those written in compiled languages. LGPL license.
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And a big THANK YOU to those users of the library who drop me a couple of nice lines.
At its birth this SVG space was only meant to be a showcase of my SVG work, art and commercial implementations. It is now enriched with a library where you will find a collection of utilities and widgets with their commented scripts covering important, and less important, needs of the SVG developer.
Domenico Strazzullo
SVG consultant
Some of these demos have declarative animations and will only work with IE + ASV or Opera.
Volumex
technical drawing of a Roots type compressor. Declarative animation.
Car
essay with polygons, patterns and gradients.
Gearobolo and Gearoboli
two artworks created for the KDE 3.4 wallpaper competition made in collaboration with designer Jayne De Sesa. Nothing transcendental, just SVG wallpapers. For evaluation purposes the color shifts in these versions make a complete cycle in 2/4 min, the final versions being 1/4 hours. Gearobolo is a projection of Myron's Discobolus, 450 b.C.
Gallop
horse in motion. Faithful reproduction. Declarative animation.
Dr Fifty
meet doctor Fifty. Art. Declarative animation.
SS 11
animated landscape from a travelling experience. Declarative animation.
SCD II
second episode of Stick's computed dream. Interactive game. Declarative animation and script.
Color wheel
simulation of a classic optical experiment. Declarative animation and script.
SCD
stick's computed dream. a short, animated story. Declarative animation and script.
Image pop-up
picture distortion. All declarative. Photo courtesy of Paula Gillen ©
Glass globe
filters. Dramatic lighting controlled by collapsible, resizable interface. Declarative animation and script.
Codetronix project
The company's specifications required the building of a subsystem of interactive windows with current features like zooming, scrolling, displacement, collapse, maximize, menus, debugger like functions, etc., which resulted in building a mini operating system and grafting it onto a pre-existing application. The application allows engineers to monitor programming procedures happening in parallel in microchips.,A key feature is the possibility of opening new windows: the program running in the microchip can present several thousands of procedures, with events activity taking place in parallel in different channels at a given time. The monitoring engineer must be able to simultaneously visualize procedures in a time zone other than the current or to check events taking place in procedures not currently shown. A demo will be available soon.
Corio project
The company's specifications required a vector based, interactive graphical interface that would allow the managers to consult the monthly results of the individual shops of several commercial centers. SVG was the perfect soultion. The accompanying script draws the data from a database using JavaServer Pages technology. Features include thematic, as well as global, data display; bar charts; classes; layers selection; full feature zoom and pan; help. Note for developers: Feel free to use routines from this code, not without giving credit to the author, thank you. Dotuscomus, Inc. holds the intellectual property of its copyrighted creations and the use of this complete svg+js work, in its actual form, for other commercial implementations without prior agreement with the author, is expressly prohibited. Previews no longer available on the company's demand. A fake build will be available soon.
Pat Oleszko
An internationally acclaimed performance artist whose work allowed the creation of a site as surprising as her inflatable sculptures. The biggest task was to make the site a reflection of the eccentric nature of the artist. It was entirely made in SVG and, to our knowledge, it is the first published third party SVG web site. Many thanks to Pat for accepting the challenge.
Following these links you will find everything you may possibly want to know about SVG. Some of these sites have been around for quite a while, pioneers of the SVG community, establishing themselves as a reference. The information offered is exhaustive, to various extents.
| svg wiki | the wiki | |
| carto.net | tutorials, widgets and libraries | Andreas Neumann & André M. Winter |
| svgx.org | very comprehensive portal | Michael Bolger |
| svgi.org | implementations | Michael Bolger |
| kevlindev.com | probably the most popular SVG tutorial | Kevin Lindsey |
| scale-a-vector | portal | Petra Kukofka |
| svg.org | news and diaries | Niklas Gustavsson, Antoine Quint |
| faq | a classic | Max Dunn |
| svg.startpagina.nl | very comprehensive, at a glance portal | Ruud Steltenpool |
| svgeneral.com | portal | Kristian Wright, Mark Duke, Vathan Tharma |
| iBrain | best of web portal | Annie Simanski |
SVG is implemented natively in Opera, Firefox, Safari and Google Chrome browsers. For Internet Explorer, as well as other browsers, the Adobe ASV plugin is available.
Complete list of Available plugins and native implementations
Updated: September 12, 2008
