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Shiretoko – Codename for Firefox 3.5

June 29th, 2009

Kathirvel KG

Shiretoko the codename for Mozilla firefox version 3.5, named after Japan’s famous World Heritage site “Shiretoko”. The name “Shiretoko” is actually derived from the word “Shiretok” meaning “the end of the land”.

It is a peninsula in eastern Hokkaido, where one can experience diverse natural environments all in a single peninsula. It has many lakes and waterfalls, such as the Shiretoko Goko Lakes and the Kamuiwakka falls, a cascading natural hot spring, as well as nearly 70 rivers and streams.

Discover Shiretoko

“Discover Shiretoko” campaign was born as a collaborative project between Japan’s Shiretoko Foundation and Mozilla Japan. Discover Shiretoko campaign also has a link to interFORest.

Mozilla Firefox codenamed latest 3.5 version as Shiretoko to support the protection of nature of Shiretoko.

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Tags: Firefox

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What is SVG?

May 21st, 2009

Kathirvel KG

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is a XML based language for describing 2D (two dimension) graphics, both static and dynamic.

SVG is an open standard developed by W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). Since the SVG images are defined in XML, they can be searched, indexed, compressed. SVG images can be edited using any text editors.

All major web browsers except Internet Explorer supports and renders the SVG images. Internet Explorer needs a plugin for rendering SVG images.

SVG allows 3 types of graphics:

1. Vector Graphics

2. Raster Graphics

3. Text

A typical SVG image’s xml look like

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN"
         "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
     xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  <polygon fill="red" stroke-width="10" fill-opacity="0.4"
           points="350, 75 379,161 469,161 397,215
                   423,301 350,250 277,301 303,215
                   231,161 321,161"
           transform="translate(-350,-200) scale(2) rotate(10)" />
</svg>