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This is kind of old...version 2.0 of raphael is currently in development at https://github.com/DmitryBaranovskiy/raphael/tree/2.0 and the current stable version is 1.5.2.

"... This is kind of old... ..."

it is the latest blog post by Dmitry & highlights some interesting points browsing the source code does not. Code doesn't always reveal intention or hints.

For those new to the scene, Raphael is a vector graphics API that works across almost all major browsers. Except Android's webkit for now, irksome.

Raphael has a simple, jQuery-like API. It is compatible with SVG and VML, which means pretty great IE6-8 support. The main alternative is SVG Web, which uses Flash 10 to target IE6-8/Android and native SVG for everything else.

Android team, please support SVG. Don't make us optimize our iOS experiences to spite you.

Article is from August 10, 2010. Current version is 1.5.2 from the website: http://raphaeljs.com/

Raphaël 1.5