Scalable Vector Graphics
In the increasingly crowded and competitive digital receiver marketplace, the ability to create strongly branded, differentiated products is critical for manufacturers to attain market advantage. One of the most effective ways to achieve this level of differentiation is through the development of advanced User Interfaces (UIs) which can differ throughout the product line and across multiple regions.
However, the UI development process is often fraught with difficulty. Traditional graphical development techniques often make it extremely difficult to develop, simulate and test new interfaces at the speed the digital receiver market requires.
Scalable Vector Graphics – an enhanced UI solution
In order to support manufacturers who need to create differentiated UIs within short product development timescales, Cabot Communications have developed a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) processing module. The features of the SVG processing module will enable visual UI changes to be made by graphical designers instead of software engineers, effectively freeing up precious engineering resources. The features of the SVG processing module will create the ability to process and display esthetic graphical drawings defined by SVG instead of the traditional method which could only accept images.
With SVG, manufacturers will be able to provide new UI designs and their SVG definitions so that they can be easily integrated to applications with minimal time and effort. In addition, SVG enables graphical designers to easily see how their design looks on the resultant application through Cabot’s dynamic SVG simulator which provides an instant UI visualisation. There are many benefits provided by the SVG processing module, just some of these include:
- Flexibility: Commercial graphical tools support SVG for complete flexibility in creating customised UIs
- Efficiency: SVG enables UIs to be easily created and modified without the constraints of traditional UI development tools which require engineering time and effort. The use of SVG also eliminates coding errors
- Quality: The perceived quality of the UI is greatly enhanced when graphical design experts are used
- Hardware independence: The entire application can be developed within a PC environment before being moved to the receiver hardware
- Complete UI reassurance: Enhanced SVG features dramatically reduce the possibility of UI problems once the product has been deployed, resulting in optimal consumer satisfaction and reduced support calls and product returns
- Cost effective: The benefits delivered by SVG enable manufacturers to reduce the development costs and engineering effort required to make differentiated UIs
- Increased speed to market: The features provided by SVG enable customised UIs to be built, simulated and tested in previously unachievable time scales
For further information regarding this, or any other Cabot solution, please contact us.
