[HN Gopher] SVG Gobbler - Find, optimize, edit, and export SVGs
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SVG Gobbler - Find, optimize, edit, and export SVGs
Author : themoodyrooster
Score : 154 points
Date : 2024-05-30 05:09 UTC (17 hours ago)
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| myfonj wrote:
| It seem like a super neat project, just why does it need to do
| the "SVG to React" transformation on the remote? (N.b. that
| remote endpoint is broken in the "frozen" Firefox version.) It
| bundles SVGO already, so I'd guess bundling SVGR should not be a
| problem (?)
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| https://github.com/rossmoody/svg-gobbler/blob/a4a6e8a0511c7a...
| on ...://us-west2-svg-gobbler.cloudfunctions.net/svg-gobbler-svgr
| , or ....://us-central1-svg-gobbler.cloudfunctions.net/SVGR in
| the Firefox version
| vizualbod wrote:
| Does this round down extra decimal places from path coords? I
| find this can greatly reduce SVG size and don't see it in the
| feature set. I have some private SVG optimisation functions in
| Python somewhere, could rewrite to JS and PR, giving meaningful
| names to IDs is cumbersome work sometimes too
| notpushkin wrote:
| I think it includes SVGO, which does round coords indeed.
| beeboobaa3 wrote:
| > SVG Gobbler is a browser extension that finds the SVG content
| in your current tab and lets you optimize, download, copy, edit,
| or export
|
| What would you use this for that wouldn't be considered copyright
| infringement? Websites that freely license their art will likely
| make it available in a convenient download. Those that don't
| probably won't be giving you a license to use it.
| notpushkin wrote:
| Some websites have e. g. freely-licensed icons, but don't offer
| a convenient download. For example, they might require you to
| sign up first.
|
| Or maybe you could download a site's logo for linking back to
| the website or something. (I'm downloading icons for open
| source apps that I want to include in Lunni Marketplace [1],
| and sometimes I have to get it from the projects' website. I'm
| not sure but I think it's fair use.)
|
| [1]: https://lunni.dev/docs/marketplace/
| myfonj wrote:
| Is a mere downloading and private storage of publicly
| accessible (copyrighted) visual assets also illegal? I think in
| most places you can store such content for personal use without
| infringing the law. I can imagine collecting icons for research
| purposes might be a valid and perfectly legal use-case here,
| just like making offline copies of webpages or basically
| archiving anything (?)
|
| Btw, Firefox for example allows you to grab all media from the
| displayed page (just not those pesky inline SVGs like this
| extension can) with few keystrokes: Page Info (Ctrl+I) > Media
| (Alt+M) > Select All (Alt+E) > Save As (Alt+A) > (Enter).
| ("Page Info" is also under Tools (Alt+T) menu.)
| beeboobaa3 wrote:
| Probably not, and I'm not saying the tool is bad or anything
| like that, just wondering what people might use it for. Tools
| like DownThemAll make sense to me; they're used by end-users
| who may wish to violate copyright, if it even is copyright
| violation. I don't mind.
|
| But I don't think a lot of people keep a collection of SVGs
| for personal usage. Me, personally, I only collect SVGs if I
| intend to use them in a product I'm working on, which is
| often commercial, and means violating copyright becomes a
| business risk.
| dspillett wrote:
| You could be plucking a logo for use in a link to them or a
| mention on a slide, or other copying that constitutes fair use.
|
| You could also be interested how an SVG had achieved a
| particular effect, like everyone learning HTML from right-
| click|view-source back in the late 90s. This is also generally
| considered fair use, though could sit in a grey area wrt what
| constitutes code if the SVG is a resource in an app covered by
| a restrictive licence (commercial, GPL-bases, etc).
| lukan wrote:
| Looking how something works will hopefully always remain
| legal in this (and most other) context.
|
| Copy and paste is a different thing.
| llamaimperative wrote:
| Copy and paste is legal in a gigantic number of usecases.
| It's called Fair Use.
| Tommix11 wrote:
| I use SVG Gobbler almost daily. The most common usage for me, a
| graphic designer, is when a company calls up and wants a design
| but the guy from the compnay does no have a vectorized version
| of their logo. I know, it sounds awfully incompetent but most
| people do not care about the logotype of the company they work
| for. So, very often, I just use SVG gobble to download an SVG
| version of their logo and makes designs they've ordered for
| them. There are a thousand legal uses for Gobbler. Also,
| downloading any logo is legal. It is publishing them that might
| get you in trouble.
| Minor49er wrote:
| Browsers have a "Save Page As" function built in. Most websites
| don't have an on-screen button that exports the page. Do all
| browsers promote copyright infringement?
| beeboobaa3 wrote:
| Literally just asking what people might want to use it for.
| What do you use it for?
| mrbluecoat wrote:
| +1 for the creative name.
|
| P.S. Your SVG double quote image is covering a large portion of
| your review quotes on Android smartphone.
| butz wrote:
| Be careful when you use the phrase "SVG editor". When you are
| promoting "SVG editor" - I assume to be able to drag individual
| points and alter SVG shape, which, I understand, is much harder
| than applying a transform.
| yboris wrote:
| Related: my favorite tool for optimizing SVGs is
| https://www.svgviewer.dev/
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