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Re:Show HN: I created snapDOM to capture DOM nodes as images... by hirako2000 on Sunday April 27, 2025 @03:10PM (#43814341)
How can svg be faster, and especially more accurate (lets throw some IMG or CSS shadows for fun) than canvas?
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Re:Show HN: I created snapDOM to capture DOM nodes as images... by kaoD on Sunday April 27, 2025 @03:41PM (#43814538)
You can embed HTML in an SVG via foreignObject. Seems like that's exactly what the library is doing[0].

Whether that's faster or more reliable, I don't know. Seems likely to render different depending on where you view the SVG (especially out of browsers).

[0]: https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Azumerlab%2Fsnapdom%20fore...

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