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tomayac··on SVGcode – Convert raster images to SVG vector graphics
You’re welcome! The fun fact is that some (not sure about Illustrator [probably not], but definitely some non-free alternatives) use a commercial license of Potrace internally, that is, the same library that is used in SVGcode.
tomayac··on SVGcode – Convert raster images to SVG vector graphics
Yeah, turdsize is a personal favorite as well, LOL.
tomayac··on SVGcode – Convert raster images to SVG vector graphics
You’re welcome! With the underlying library Potrace being free, it was just a question of adding an expressive enough GUI on top.
tomayac··on SVGcode: A PWA to convert raster images to SVG vector graphics
(This is the thread for the article, the thread for the tool per se is at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29296753.)
tomayac··on SVGcode – Convert raster images to SVG vector graphics
Thanks for the kind words! The documentation is still missing (tracked in part as https://github.com/tomayac/SVGcode/issues/19), but Potrace, the library SVGcode is based upon, has detailed information in a PDF on all parameters: http://potrace.sourceforge.net/potracelib.pdf.
tomayac··on SVGcode – Convert raster images to SVG vector graphics
Thanks for sharing! Tom, the developer of SVGcode, here, happy to answer questions!
tomayac··on SVGcode: A PWA to convert raster images to SVG vector graphics
You can also discuss this on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/qxnna2/svgcode....
tomayac··on SVGcode: A PWA to convert raster images to SVG vector graphics
Thanks for sharing! Tom, the developer of SVGcode, here, happy to answer questions!
tomayac··on Streams – The Definitive Guide
Oh, interesting. Saving someone else a web search: https://github.com/matz/streem.
tomayac··on Streams – The Definitive Guide
<3 Thanks for the kind words!
tomayac··on Streams – The Definitive Guide
(And fixed. Happy reading!)
tomayac··on Streams – The Definitive Guide
(The broken hero image is a known issue. Fix to be deployed on the next full hour.)
tomayac··on Play the Chrome dino game with your gamepad
If you own a Nintendo Switch, you absolutely have to check the bonus feature: https://web.dev/gamepad/#bonus:-play-chrome-dino-on-a-ninten.... Enjoy!
tomayac··on Managing Several Displays with the Multi-Screen Window Placement API
The use case here is to exactly restore your window arrangement (https://web.dev/multi-screen-window-placement/#the-getscreen....), a feature that people working in IDEs or terminal windows probably will appreciate.
tomayac··on Managing Several Displays with the Multi-Screen Window Placement API
I wouldn't call slide show apps niche at this point in history. https://web.dev/multi-screen-window-placement/#use-cases:~:t....
tomayac··on The Native File System API allows web apps to save directly to files
The old File System API interface will not grant you access to the users filesystem. Instead you will have a "virtual drive" within the browser sandbox. The Native File System API gives you access to the actual file system.
tomayac··on The Native File System API allows web apps to save directly to files
This folder specifically is blocked by the API.
tomayac··on The Native File System API allows web apps to save directly to files
The points brought up by @cromwellian in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24416738 are important in the context of the present comment, too.
tomayac··on Any claim without a URI should be treated as suspicious
The extension’s author here. Just wanted to let you know that—apart from Chrome—it’s also available for Edge, and a beta version based on a (still unfinished) polyfill for Firefox. The same code also works on Safari 14, we hope to release it there, too. Install links: https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/link-to-text-fragment#in...
tomayac··on Multi-MIME Type Copying with the Async Clipboard API
See how to copy an SVG with JavaScript so that when you paste… …in SVGOMG, it pastes the source code …in macOS Preview, it pastes a PNG render …in an SVG editor, it pastes the SVG
tomayac··on I found a WhatsApp security flaw that allowed hackers to read the file system
️ Note that this repo has now been moved to https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/browser-nativefs.
tomayac··on MS Edge Add-On for Progressive Web App Developers
Quickly inspect Progressive Web Apps with tabs for Service Worker, Web App Manifest, and Cache API.
tomayac··on A fast, offline reverse geocoder in Python
Thanks for posting this. Would appreciate pull requests and feature requests or simply general feedback if you use this in practice.
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