openlayers/ol3 — pull request #1471 by twpayne (2014-01-06 15:28:17+00:00)
Title: [vector-api] Friendly styling (work in progress)

This PR begins the implementation of a suggestion by @pagameba during the weekly hangout before Christmas.

In short, it allows you to pass strings instead of objects for simple styles. For example,
```javascript
new ol.style.Style({
fill: new ol.style.Fill({
color: 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6)'
}),
stroke: new ol.style.Stroke({
color: '#319FD3',
width: 1
})
}
```
becomes
```javascript
new ol.style.Style({
fill: 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6)',
stroke: '#319FD3'
})
```

This is a work in progress, and it is not yet clear what other impact this will have on the codebase.

Comments welcome.