SVG Web: Google Brings SVG Support to Internet Explorer
Microsoft is a true master when it comes to ignoring Web standards. Thanks to Google, that could now change in terms of the SVG vector graphics format.
While Microsoft is busily tinkering with its Flash replacement Silverlight, the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format has long been a free alternative whose Web distribution has so far lacked Microsoft's support. Whereas Firefox, Safari and Opera have long supported SVG graphics, there's been only one attempt by W3C to provide an SVG plugin for Internet Explorer.
Google has since gone a step ahead of the W3 Consortium with its own JavaScript library: SVG Web supports SVG 1.1 inclusive of animation. On the client side it uses only JavaScript support and a Flash Player plugin that provides the animated graphics. Browsers that natively support SVG graphics can use the native support, whereas Internet Explorer uses Flash Player to represent the SVG animation.
The SVG Web code is still in an early development stage, but a download is available.
Comments
comments powered by DisqusSubscribe to our Linux Newsletters
Find Linux and Open Source Jobs
Subscribe to our ADMIN Newsletters
Support Our Work
Linux Magazine content is made possible with support from readers like you. Please consider contributing when you’ve found an article to be beneficial.
News
-
Linux Kernel 6.16 Released with Minor Fixes
The latest Linux kernel doesn't really include any big-ticket features, just a lot of lines of code.
-
EU Sovereign Tech Fund Gains Traction
OpenForum Europe recently released a report regarding a sovereign tech fund with backing from several significant entities.
-
FreeBSD Promises a Full Desktop Installer
FreeBSD has lacked an option to include a full desktop environment during installation.
-
Linux Hits an Important Milestone
If you pay attention to the news in the Linux-sphere, you've probably heard that the open source operating system recently crashed through a ceiling no one thought possible.
-
Plasma Bigscreen Returns
A developer discovered that the Plasma Bigscreen feature had been sitting untouched, so he decided to do something about it.
-
CachyOS Now Lets Users Choose Their Shell
Imagine getting the opportunity to select which shell you want during the installation of your favorite Linux distribution. That's now a thing.
-
Wayland 1.24 Released with Fixes and New Features
Wayland continues to move forward, while X11 slowly vanishes into the shadows, and the latest release includes plenty of improvements.
-
Bugs Found in sudo
Two critical flaws allow users to gain access to root privileges.
-
Fedora Continues 32-Bit Support
In a move that should come as a relief to some portions of the Linux community, Fedora will continue supporting 32-bit architecture.
-
Linux Kernel 6.17 Drops bcachefs
After a clash over some late fixes and disagreements between bcachefs's lead developer and Linus Torvalds, bachefs is out.
Microsoft's Attention
Note: I am aware of Moonlight but I'm also aware that they just released 2.0 (implementing _some_ of 3.0) whereas Silverlight has already released 3.0. It's embrace, extend and extinguish on a product that's barely off the ground.
SVGWeb presentation at SVG Open, Oct.2, Google campus