SVG

unknowndomain · 14 May 2006 at 19:33

Just a quick question...

How wide spread is SVG compatability in web browsers and can it be used reliably for logo's etc...

robmiller · 14 May 2006 at 19:40

I know it's supported in Firefox and Opera, and I know it's not supported it in IE, but I'm not sure about things like Safari/Konqueror.

In short, no it's not okay to use for a general audience, but if it's just a personal site with an audience consisting mostly of tech-minded people then go for it.

unknowndomain · 14 May 2006 at 19:43

fair enough lol one day IE will catchup with svg and png implimentation but for now its just another tool in the web developers toolkit which microsoft has yet to support

cheers rob!

robmiller · 14 May 2006 at 19:45

NP

To be fair, alpha transparency in PNGs is supported in IE with a tiny bit of Javascript, so there's no excuse not to use it

happytechie · 15 May 2006 at 09:30

SVG support can be enabled in IE by downloading the adobe SVG plugin. Firefox's SVG support is almost 100% now in 1.5 and 2.0 will have much better support. IE 7 has native SVG as does opera iirc. UNfortunately the precise versions of SVG supported by the browsers are a little bit different.

We are using SVG here in a AJAX powered dynamic node edge graph tool and all we need to do is to detect the browser and ajust the SVG appropriately.

HT