Re: Proposal: <star> element

Good thought.

What I find most interesting is that Australia and the US are a significant
source of queries. Why? I postulate that it's because the US and Australian
flags contain stars and digital penetration is high. I have no idea about
the prevalence of stars on other national flags.

Stephen.


On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 2:26 PM, George Weilenmann <
george.weilenmann@insightsoftware.com> wrote:

>  It’s not much but possible this google trend sequence may shed light on
> this
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> 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
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> *Subject:* Re: Proposal: <star> element
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> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Dr. Olaf Hoffmann <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 -
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>
>
> 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".
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> Stephen.
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