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| From | Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.javascript |
| Subject | Re: HTML inside a CANVAS |
| Date | 2016-08-01 14:51 +0200 |
| Organization | PointedEars Software (PES) |
| Message-ID | <19120790.EfDdHjke4D@PointedEars.de> (permalink) |
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Christoph M. Becker wrote: > On 31.07.2016 at 21:19, bit-naughty@hotmail.com wrote: >> On Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 8:24:34 PM UTC+5:30, Michael Haufe (TNO) >> wrote: >>> You still haven't said WHY you want to do it this way. You're in a web >>> browser, the web browser already has an HTML form and SVG support. WHY >>> try to recreate it in canvas? >> >> Oh....it's just more intuitive for me, something I'm completely used to - >> comes from BASIC I guess, as a kid - you know, INPUT A$; and PRINT AT >> 10,10; "Hello:" ...? As far as I'm concerned, CSS is STILL a nightmare! >> All that stuff about "normal flow" and what not - you never know where >> your text will end up, on screen!.... > > With a canvas you might not even know whether the text ends up on the > screen at all, though. Furthermore, reading text rendered as image is > hard or even impossible for some. ACK. Canvas is for *bitmap* graphics. Use Canvas for that, SVG for vector graphics, and (X)HTML for Web forms. Or, as Scotty said^Wyelled, “Houw many times do I have to tell ye??? The rrright tool for the rrright job!!!” ;-) -- PointedEars FAQ: <http://PointedEars.de/faq> | SVN: <http://PointedEars.de/wsvn/> Twitter: @PointedEars2 | ES Matrix: <http://PointedEars.de/es-matrix> Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.
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HTML inside a CANVAS bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-07-25 11:22 -0700
Re: HTML inside a CANVAS "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-07-25 11:49 -0700
Re: HTML inside a CANVAS bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-07-26 10:56 -0700
Re: HTML inside a CANVAS "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-07-26 16:26 -0700
Re: HTML inside a CANVAS bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-07-28 07:22 -0700
Re: HTML inside a CANVAS "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-07-28 07:54 -0700
Re: HTML inside a CANVAS bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-07-31 12:19 -0700
Re: HTML inside a CANVAS "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2016-08-01 12:16 +0200
Re: HTML inside a CANVAS Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-08-01 14:51 +0200
Re: HTML inside a CANVAS bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-07-26 10:57 -0700
Re: HTML inside a CANVAS "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-07-27 00:21 +0200
Re: HTML inside a CANVAS "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-07-26 16:12 -0700
Re: HTML inside a CANVAS bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-07-28 07:22 -0700
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