Re: RFC: use svg for widgets instead of png/gif

David Crawshaw wrote:

>
> On 28/12/2003, at 10:36 AM, Tupshin Harper wrote:
>
>> Just an idea, which I'd like to hear people's thoughts on. What if we 
>> were to have no bitmaps in the xwt widgets. All buttons, etc., in the 
>> core widget set could be implemented as SVG.
>
>
> While I like the idea (vectors are good), there is one more con: 
> Specific theme implementations will never look anything like what 
> they're trying to mimic.
>
> Try drawing the Win32 radio button with SVG. You can get it in the 
> right ball park, but it won't be the same. Which means the theme will 
> always feel out-of-place to a user.
>
> There was talk once of a default XWT theme. I would propose that when 
> this theme is written, it should be done in SVG.
>
> d
>
Interesting point, but I think that automated conversion programs can
address this. I took a screenshot of the google search form (text input
field, and the search and "i'm feeling lucky" buttons), edited out the
text, and saved it as a bitmap. I then used the shareware program
kvec(don't know if there are any decent open source bitmap->svc
converters) to convert it to svg. To my eyes, it looks like a pixel
perfect rendition. I've attached both versions for your perusal.

-Tupshin

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