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They are like PDFs in that they do not render the same with different software or on different devices.
by lenzm 10mo ago
They are like PDFs in that they do not render the same with different software or on different devices.
- 0x1ch 10mo agoWe live in a world where Adobe set the standard, and anything that didn't render like Adobe was considered "incorrect".
- Wowfunhappy 10mo agoI would say PDFs are actually reasonably consistent though. Weird things happen on occasion, but I've certainly had more success than with SVGs.
- auxiliarymoose 10mo agoThey are reasonably consistent because there is a de-facto reference implementation (Adobe Acrobat) which, if your implementation does not match exactly, users will think your implementation is broken. There isn't such an implementation for SVG.
- eek2121 10mo agoYou definitely don't understand PDFs, let alone SVGs. PDFs can also contain scripts. Many applications have had issues rendering PDFs. Don't get me wrong, the folks creating the SVG standard should've used their heads. This is like the 5th time (that I am aware of) this type of issue has happened, (and at least 3 of them were Adobe). Allowing executable code in an image/page format shouldn't be a thing.