RE: Proposal: <star> element

It’s not much but possible this google trend sequence may shed light on this
http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=svg%20star%2C%20png%20star%2C%20star%20vector%2C%20star%20in%20photoshop%2C%20draw%20a%20star&cmpt=q


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From: schenney@google.com [mailto:schenney@google.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Chenney
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 12:21 PM
To: Dr. Olaf Hoffmann
Cc: www-svg@w3.org
Subject: Re: Proposal: <star> element

On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Dr. Olaf Hoffmann <Dr.O.Hoffmann@gmx.de<mailto:Dr.O.Hoffmann@gmx.de>> wrote:
Stephen Chenney:
> The SVG language already contains sufficient functionality to express
> the star element use cases presented thus far.
>
...
>
> Philip's argument is that the cost of the
> star element is unnecessary. He says nothing at all about the necessity of
> other features.
>
This is your/his personal point of view -

Yes, the cost/benefit trade-off for the star element is my personal point of view. It would help if we actually had measured data so we could reduce the need for personal opinion.

If we reduce this idea of 'everything is already possible' to the essentials,
we can replace SVG completely by PNG and MNG.

Yes, if you reduce the idea you state. But that is not the idea I nor Philip are stating or have stated. We are not concerned with "everything", we are concerned with "the star element".

Stephen.
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