Fix #999: Gradient not filled when page's url contains "?" character

Add meta content in HTML page

Fixed Issue #1005: Add bower requirement to the dev section of README.md

Add the meta content in the HTML page to prevent "The character encoding of the HTML document was not declared" which might be caused in some browsers.

Reduce transform string to avoid long parsing times

Update package.json to point to raphael.amd.js

Fix for being able to use raphael with browserify.

Remove moot `version` property from bower.json

Per bower/bower.json-spec@a325da3

Use HTTPS to fetch eve, not the git protocol

This improves the installability of raphael from inside large
organizations.

"[The Git protocol] requires firewall access to port 9418, which isn't
a standard port that corporate firewalls always allow. Behind big
corporate firewalls, this obscure port is commonly blocked." -
https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-on-the-Server-The-Protocols