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by igt0 3555 days ago
SVG is amazing, my main concern about it. it is because it creates a huge burden to browser developers. The spec is huge [1]. And some parts are outdated[2].

[1] https://github.com/WebKit/webkit/tree/master/Source/WebCore/... [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/SVG_animati...
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amelius 3555 days ago
> SVG is amazing, my main concern about it. it is because it creates a huge burden to browser developers.

Yes, it would have been better if SVG was designed on top of something simpler; and this something simpler could be implemented by browser developers. Probably, such an approach is more secure too. But, I guess it is too late now.

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bobajeff 3555 days ago
I imagine they could implement it on top of Canvas/WebGL.
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josephcooney 3555 days ago
Like https://github.com/canvg/canvg (which AFAIK doesn't do hit testing like 'real' SVG, but is a promising start).
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legulere 3555 days ago
Browser support is kind of okay. The problem is more that it is hardly supported outside of browsers because of the complexity
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dietrichepp 3554 days ago
To be fair, this is equally true of HTML.
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