From: Phlip <phlipcpp@...>
Date: 2006-09-06T01:10:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Dynamic diagram

Phrogz wrote:

>> http://wiki.rubygarden.org/Ruby/page/show/SvgCanvas
>>
>> Updating it in real-time should only require a little work. I have
>> bench-versions which do that, so if you actually need it ping me 
>> privately.
>
> Since SVG using progressive rendering and the "painters model", you can
> actually start streaming an SVG file and just send new information when
> it's available (if you can live with new content always drawing on top
> of old).
>
> Alternatively, you can use AJAXian style JS communication to poll and
> receive new data, modifying the SVG DOM on the fly to add new data.

SVG ain't just for web pages. (I have barely researched how it's used 
there!)

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