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Did anybody want this? Yes. SVG is not a lightweight vector graphics format, which seems to be what you were hoping for. I agree that such a format would be u
by Chris_Newton 10y ago
Did anybody want this?
Yes.
SVG is not a lightweight vector graphics format, which seems to be what you were hoping for. I agree that such a format would be useful as well.
However, for better or worse, web apps are a thing in 2016, and that means we need formats that lend themselves to programming and interaction. Having SVG do that for vector graphics is useful for much the same reasons as having HTML do that for text-based content and forms.
- thr0waway1239 10y agoAgreed, a lightweight vector graphics format would certainly be welcome. However, the stuff SVG is capable of doing is not trivial but mostly just poorly understood. I think the article below is a good read and I sometimes wonder if some of the (unconscious) negative perception around SVG is because of the slowness of its adoption: http://blog.siliconpublishing.com/2015/12/the-fall-and-rise-of-svg/ http://blog.siliconpublishing.com/2015/12/the-fall-and-rise-... Having said that, I personally find efforts to make SVG better understood (articles, books, tutorials etc) somewhat lacking, although that might just be a personal opinion.