Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Mozilla Gets (Beta) Native SVG support

Posted by timothy on from the so-check-it-out-and-complain-constructively dept.

Rushuru writes "Mozilla is getting a beta native SVG support. Previously one had to use 3rd party plugins such as that from Adobe, and they only worked on windows. SVG is similar in scope to Flash, but it is a W3 recommendation (i.e. a standard) and uses an open format. The project page has more info."

5 of 321 comments (clear)

  1. There is a Geek God by ovoskeuiks · · Score: 3, Funny

    It was only a few hours ago I was reading a post in another slashdot article that was asking for SVG support in browsers looks like his prayers were answered

  2. Hmm... by Pinguu · · Score: 1, Funny

    Since you have come this far, you probably already know that SVG stands for Scalable Vector Graphics
    No, actually I just clicked the link...

    --
    --
  3. Re:Bandwith eating useless animations by jpnews · · Score: 4, Funny

    "What's wrong with static, text and jpgs only pages?"

    Yeah, I agree totally. That's why I read the newspaper.

  4. Plotting against Microsoft by NoTildeQuestionMark · · Score: 5, Funny

    If this SVG patch became fully useable for displaying animation, and then you could convince a really popular animation site (say, HSR) to switch to SVG and recommend a switch to Mozilla for native support... well, then, open source could rule the world.

    ~

    --
    If you need me, I'll be hanging my computer from the
  5. Re:Save the world by cyb97 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just download the worldpeace plugin from mozilla.org... it sorts out everything...