- From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:00:08 +0200
- To: James Bentley <James.Bentley@guideworkstv.com>
- Cc: "'www-svg@w3.org'" <www-svg@w3.org>
On Tuesday, October 26, 2004, 6:25:52 PM, James wrote: JB> Why is tiny required to support circle and ellipse if the same effects can JB> be generated with JB> a rounded rectangle? Was this simply a space saving effort (reducing size by JB> eliminating the JB> need to specify width and height attributes)? I would suspect that more size JB> would be saved by JB> eliminating the classes and instances of circle and ellipse. JB> Are there differences that I am overlooking? Animation, primarily; being able to specify a circle or ellipse by the centre point and then animate the radius or radii. -- Chris Lilley mailto:chris@w3.org Chair, W3C SVG Working Group Member, W3C Technical Architecture Group
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