From 198ee5f86d0251d34540900cae8739ad985499c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Bostock Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:01:34 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Tweak README. --- README.md | 15 +++++++-------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 66065db0..07ca7483 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -9,19 +9,18 @@ or you can use it to build dynamic pages (like jQuery). ### Browser Support D3 should work on any browser, with minimal requirements such as JavaScript -and the [W3C DOM](http://www.w3.org/DOM/) API. We also require the [Selectors -API](http://www.w3.org/TR/selectors-api/) Level 1, but this requirement could -be relaxed in the future using [Sizzle](http://sizzlejs.com/). - -The included D3 examples use additional browser features, such as +and the [W3C DOM](http://www.w3.org/DOM/) API. By default D3 requires the +[Selectors API](http://www.w3.org/TR/selectors-api/) Level 1, but you can +preload [Sizzle](http://sizzlejs.com/) for compatibility with older browsers. +Some of the included D3 examples use additional browser features, such as [SVG](http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/) and [CSS3 Transitions](http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-transitions/). These features are not -required to use D3, but are useful for visualization. D3 is not a +required to use D3, but are useful for visualization! D3 is not a compatibility layer. The examples should work on Firefox, Chrome (Chromium), Safari (WebKit), Opera and IE9. -Chrome has strict permissions for reading files out of the local file system. -To view some of the examples locally, you will need to start a local web +Note: Chrome has strict permissions for reading files out of the local file +system. To view some of the examples locally, you will need to start a local web server. One easy way to do that is to install Tornado: cd ..