Invisible wrote:
> Do you think there will ever be a time when web graphics is entirely 
> vector-based, so the entire page can be easily scaled up or down?

Unless you're putting bitmapped pictures in there, it already is.

Indeed, even with bitmapped pictures, it already is.  Do you use firefox? Go 
to google's home page and type control+ a few times.

> Think about it: you have a text layout core with lays out the text, and 
> then a vector graphics which uses these metrics to draw some pretty 
> stuff around it. No more spacer GIFs or intricate multi-part images for 
> edges and corners, just a vector graphics program.

Well, that's what HTML is all about. But really, I don't change anything on 
my web page when I go from a 14" screen to a 21" screen. Why would I have to 
change it when I scale it in software?

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