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Raphaël (JavaScript library)
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<p>Raphaël, named for Italian painter <a href="/facts/Raffaello_Sanzio_da_Urbino/DUyMn13U">Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino</a>, is a <a href="/facts/Cross-browser/3pgytz0u">cross-browser</a> <a href="/facts/JavaScript/XhhIIEsl">JavaScript</a> library that draws <a href="/facts/Vector_graphics/y8ok7M2P">Vector graphics</a> for web sites. It will use <a href="/facts/Scalable_Vector_Graphics/ARq5C3YV">SVG</a> for most browsers, but will use <a href="/facts/Vector_Markup_Language/rbxTcUzX">VML</a> for older versions of <a href="/facts/Internet_Explorer/uL8a4Y5l">Internet Explorer</a>. Raphaël currently[<i>as of?</i>] supports <a href="/facts/Chrome_browser/4INfWq37">Chrome</a> 5.0+ <a href="/facts/Firefox/xez2zv8H">Firefox</a> 3.0+, <a href="/facts/Safari_(web_browser)/9R8v7tNl">Safari</a> 3.0+, <a href="/facts/Opera_(web_browser)/2NYCcTj1">Opera</a> 9.5+ and <a href="/facts/Internet_Explorer/uL8a4Y5l">Internet Explorer</a> 6.0+. </p>