<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">SignWriting List<div>April 6, 2013</div><div><br></div><div>Hello Steve!</div><div><br></div><div>Congratulations once again on a super idea and I am so happy to learn that we are close to being able to use the SWTV (SignWriting Thin Viewer ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>Since I am not a programmer, it takes me a little longer to grasp these new developments, but I applaud this big step forward and we certainly do need it…making SignWriting universally seen on any web browser is very very important - and of course our SignWriting Wikipedia project will be greatly benefited from this:</div><div><br></div><div>ASL Wikipedia Project on Wikimedia Labs</div><div><div><a href="http://ase.wikipedia.wmflabs.org">http://ase.wikipedia.wmflabs.org</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>I assume that we still compose the documents in SignPuddle, and then grab the FSW code from the SignPuddle document and paste it into any browser…and then click on the SWTV link in the browser Toolbar? is that right?</div><div><br></div><div>Val ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>------</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Apr 6, 2013, at 8:46 PM, Stephen E Slevinski Jr <<a href="mailto:slevin@SIGNPUDDLE.NET">slevin@SIGNPUDDLE.NET</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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Hi List,<br>
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I'm excited. The realization of an idea and explosive new
possibilities. Introducing the Universal SignWriting Plugins.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://signpuddle.com/">http://signpuddle.com</a><br>
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I've updated my homepage and I'm hopeful that other people will see
the wow factor. The scaffolding is based on Twitter's Bootstrap,
but it's just an example.<br>
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There is no preferred software package anymore. Use what you're
using, just use Formal SignWriting and add the SignWriting Thin
Viewer. Formal SignWriting is universally supported on the web with
a simple javascript plugin and 2 lines of code. Based on ASCII,
SVG, HTML, regular expressions, and the document object model:
Formal SignWriting is forging ahead.<br>
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Any sign language, any where on the web can use use the SignWriting
Thin Viewer. The viewer is currently mono sized and mono spaced.
CSS integration and more advanced features to come.<br>
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Next week I will prepare a custom plugin for MediaWiki software and
submit it for a security review. If it passes the review, Wikimedia
projects will be able to support the display of real SignWriting in
an editable form. <br>
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I'm hoping we can move the ASL Wikipedia Project to Wikimedia
Incubator. In theory, any sign language could request a project on
Wikimedia Incubator because the display technology will be
available.<br>
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Regards,<br>
∼Steve<br>
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PS - I selected and copied the initial SignWriting Text from
<a href="http://SignPuddle.com">SignPuddle.com</a>.<br>
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Here is the regular paste:<br>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<h2 style="margin: 10px 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',
Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height:
40px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-rendering:
optimizelegibility; font-size: 31.5px; font-style: normal;
font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto;
text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" lang="ase">
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<div style="padding: 10px; position: relative;
background-origin: content-box; width: 56px; height: 56px;
left: 72px; background-image:
url(http://swis.wmflabs.org/glyphogram.php?font=svg&text=M528x528S2e734510x472S2e718472x501S20500518x500S1150a492x513S11501488x485);
background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"><span style="display:
table-cell; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 0px; height:
inherit;">M528x528S2e734510x472S2e718472x501S20500518x500S1150a492x513S11501488x485</span></div>
<div style="padding: 10px; position: relative;
background-origin: content-box; width: 46px; height: 69px;
left: 77px; background-image:
url(http://swis.wmflabs.org/glyphogram.php?font=svg&text=M523x534S2ea48483x509S10011502x465S2ea04508x499S10019477x474);
background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"><span style="display:
table-cell; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 0px; height:
inherit;">M523x534S2ea48483x509S10011502x465S2ea04508x499S10019477x474</span></div>
<div style="padding: 10px; position: relative;
background-origin: content-box; width: 32px; height: 63px;
left: 84px; background-image:
url(http://swis.wmflabs.org/glyphogram.php?font=svg&text=M516x531S15a06484x468S1eb20492x483S29b0b484x496);
background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"><span style="display:
table-cell; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 0px; height:
inherit;">M516x531S15a06484x468S1eb20492x483S29b0b484x496</span></div>
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Here is the same paste without formatting:<br>
M528x528S2e734510x472S2e718472x501S20500518x500S1150a492x513S11501488x485<br>
M523x534S2ea48483x509S10011502x465S2ea04508x499S10019477x474<br>
M516x531S15a06484x468S1eb20492x483S29b0b484x496<br>
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The ASCII strings represent the signs. It is the best option for
transmitting sign language logograms. If you see a sign on the
Internet that you like, select it and copy it. If it's based on the
Universal SignWriting Plugin, you'll be able to share and build with
your community.<br>
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