<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Lucian Branescu <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lucian.branescu@gmail.com">lucian.branescu@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I've tried animations as well (with JavaScript) and indeed they don't work.<br><br>However, I'm not sure they really are a good idea for icons. They may<br> get confusing or annoying.</blockquote> <div> </div> <div>I agree that animated icons become annoying but I'm thinking of it from the POV of teaching SVG</div> <div> </div> <div>Kids make their own icons - they like that. Certainly they would be further engaged and learn more about SVGs if the opportunity to make animated icons was there</div> <div> </div> <div>It could be a good opportunity but you need the right tools - Opera browser is the best I know for displaying SVGs - it seems that librsvg (information from Tomeu) is not standards compliant at this time</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">2009/8/27 Tomeu Vizoso <<a href="mailto:tomeu@sugarlabs.org">tomeu@sugarlabs.org</a>>:<br> <div> <div></div> <div class="h5">> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:43, Bill Kerr<<a href="mailto:billkerr@gmail.com">billkerr@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> Sugar does not support SVG animations? I just tried to replace the XO icon<br> >> with an SVG animation as an extension of<br>>> the <a href="http://en.flossmanuals.net/Sugar/8_4/ModifyingSugar" target="_blank">http://en.flossmanuals.net/Sugar/8_4/ModifyingSugar</a> exercise - the icon<br> >> replaced but was not animated.<br>>> I'm seeking confirmation that this is correct and would be interested in the<br>>> reason too<br>><br>> Sugar uses librsvg to render all SVGs, I'm not sure which are the<br> > capabilities of this library regarding animations.<br>><br>> Regards,<br>><br>> Tomeu<br>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)<br> >> <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br>>> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a><br>>><br>><br> ><br>><br>> --<br>> ŤSugar Labs is anyone who participates in improving and using Sugar.<br>> What Sugar Labs does is determined by the participants.ť - David<br>> Farning<br>> _______________________________________________<br> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)<br>> <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a><br> ><br></div></div></blockquote></div>