<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Jochen Staerk <<a href="mailto:jstaerk@usegroup.de">jstaerk@usegroup.de</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> > like pc's everyday(HD's, mouse, gloves, Internet), are there plans to have > clipart creating/using programs on consoles? I guess this you have to ask the guys writing programs for consoles. > If so, is there anything we > need to do? could they read svgs? Could they read OCAL on the Net, download > a clipart, modify, re-upload to OCAL, print to printer, save to HD, etc etc. I guess this heavily depends -- if you take e.g. a PS3 and install linux I give you a good chance that it will be possible to run inkscape on it. But if you take a wii I don't know if there's any good painting programme out there.</blockquote><div> Yeah, I realized after I clicked, "send" that I was thinking of out-of-the-box machines. It certainly is possible to customize, but from my experience customization takes awhile to get around to/understand how to. There's more and more happening, but like someone said in another forum there still is 45% of people using IE. My point being that lots of people still dont seem to realise the choices they are offered, and seem to stick with mass-produced. Even with things like Open Clipart. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> > Cellphones can already read and display clipart. They are like mini PC's. Correct, but as I don't know if there are any preferred, maybe even proprietary used e.g. on the iphone, the technically closest solution might be SVG mobile=SVG Tiny and SVG Basic, if you want feel free to find out how much of the SVGs on stock do actually use features not covered by SVG Tiny or SVG Basic. </blockquote><div> Thanks. I might have a look. Depends if I can find the time :D (or motivation). </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> > Does anyone know of any plans to make clipart available to consoles or other > technology? ("We hazzz big planzzz for OCAL" - as you can see :D :D) My personal priorities regarding openclipart are really more on the PCs and Macs (and all other natively SVG compatible plattforms) than Mobile devices and Consoles. I invested three weeks in a release and it was a very nice experience but I will soon have to leave to earn my living. If I returned I would potentially investigate on thumbnails on the web page. I would define a plan as a theoretical construct of future action. The problem is when there will be no action because nobody invests the effort and you don't have developers or money or manpower your plan sounds more like a dream -- which you can make true only if you somehow get the action, either by doing it yourself or having somebody do it. Live your dream. Actually I do. It feels great :-).</blockquote><div> </div></div>Interesting. I see OCAL as having huge potential. There already are lots of clipart places out there, but more to my focus is the Open source, collaboration aspect of Open Clip Art Library (and also OFLB). I'm a HUGE supporter of FSF philosophy, Open Source, Collaboration, Community. I like the possibilties presented by Public Domain. I remember what it was like trying to find something (pictures, movies, audio) I could legally use in University to complete my advanced diploma. I hate DRM with a passion. I also try to respect people's copyright, since I know what it's like to make something, then have other people profit off it, and not me. I understand what it is like to pour your heart and soul into a work/piece, then not see any returns from it. Call me Idealistic, or Utopian, but I think that OCAL would be able to provide for everyone, everywhere, for free, for them sell or give, as they see fit. I intend on filling OCAL with as many high-quality clipart/vectors/svg as possible to that end. I'm excited to see a project that finally fits my potentially fatal idealisimistic utopia! (pant pant) I think I should get off my soap-box now. :D -- Cheers Chovynz