Re: [whatwg] Responsive image maps

> Instead, we start by figuring out what problems need solving.
Which is what has been done for this subject, I guess.
PROBLEM: image maps, intended as "shaped link areas related to specific
regions of an image" are a fairly requested feature. Unfortunately, as
current solutions are not responsive and they can't fit to how images are
defined in a modern scenario, with scalable size and art direction, authors
have looked for workarounds, script-enhanced or non-native (Flash maps)
solutions.
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS: 1. link boxes and CSS, 2. SVG, 3. <map>, where
 1. CSS has a poor range of shapes
 2. See above for SVG
 3. <area> coordinates are absolutely defined.
PROPOSAL: As SVG map is not viable at all in complex <picture> scenarios,
and not easily viable in simple contexts, authors could benefit from <map>
versatility. So a viable solution *could* be to improve a feature in order
to make it responsive.
The "Map element improvement consortium" is not an organisation I want to
mindlessly support (basically because it doesn't exists). And unfortunately
I tend to be verbose when I start writing. So in my last message I tried to
make it shorter and I chose terms incorrectly.
Cheers,
AR

Received on Wednesday, 25 March 2015 17:03:23 UTC