The problem isn’t SVG necessarily. It’s a nice vector format with many hidden features available to those who explore (especially with SVG 2 around the corner).

The problem isn’t SVG necessarily. It’s a nice vector format with many hidden features available to those who explore (especially with SVG 2 around the corner). The problem is JavaScript. Unfortunately, there’s not much one can do if they want interactive images[a][b] short of a Turing Complete language. And if you’re going to need that, JavaScript’s right there (for better or for worse). [a]: Embedding the SVG directly into the HTML and manipulating it using the JavaScript in the HTML is an option, but not many people do that [b]: We can argue all we want about whether we should be making interactive images in the first place, but the fact of the matter is, either you add it to your format, or someone else will