- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 17:30:51 -0700
- To: Karl Dubost <karl@la-grange.net>
- Cc: WHATWG <whatwg@lists.whatwg.org>
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 5:16 PM, Karl Dubost <karl@la-grange.net> wrote: > Tab, > > (summary: let's put the information inside the SVG file, more below) > > Le 18 juin 2015 à 08:41, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> a écrit : >> better than color averaging. Averaging seems like it would >> rarely produce a reasonable color in any multi-color icon, > > And we will certainly create rage into Marketing/Communications departments. > >> Dominant/first color would at least give you one of the brand colors. > > Better, not necessary the best. > Because of the following reasons: > > 1. these icons are specific to the "mask" system. > 2. SVG format is mandatory [1] > > Why not > * giving more power to the designers, > * respecting the people in charge of branding, > * and reducing the source of confusions (people managing the markup != people designing icons) > > by including **inside the SVG** the color requirements. Because having it be determined automatically is simpler and more likely to give good results broadly. (This isn't an argument against having it optionally determined by a specific metadata, of course, just an argument that *in the absence of more specific information* we should default to something reasonable from the outside.) > <metadata> > <iconmask:iconmask xmlns:iconmask="http://www.w3.org/ns/@@@something@@"> > <iconmask:meta name="primary" color="#bada55" /> > <iconmask:meta name="secondary" color="#505 #123456" /> > </iconmask:iconmask> > </metadata> > > (better syntax, naming, unicorns are welcome, but that's not currently the point) > > [1]: https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/mac/releasenotes/General/WhatsNewInSafari/Articles/Safari_9.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40014305-CH9-SW20 SVGWG isn't adding any new namespaces to SVG. We've discussed in the WG just adding a <meta name content> element to SVG; that would be sufficient for this kind of thing. ~TJ
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