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Firefox 1.1 Plans Native SVG Support

Posted by timothy on from the finally-and-excellent dept.

Spy Hunter writes "The Scalable Vector Graphics format has yet to take off on the web, perhaps due to a small installed base of SVG-enabled browsers. That could soon change as the latest Firefox 1.1 nightly builds have started coming with native SVG support compiled in and enabled by default. If this feature makes into the Firefox 1.1 release (which is not certain, but likely, as the developers want it to happen) it will increase the number of web users who have an SVG renderer installed. But perhaps more interesting than that is the possibility of mixing SVG graphic elements directly into the markup of regular XHTML pages, freeing vector graphics from the small rectangle of a browser plugin and opening up a host of exciting new possibilities for web developers. This is enabled by the integration of SVG directly into the Gecko rendering engine, instead of as a browser plugin. With such a useful web developer feature available only in Firefox, could we soon start seeing websites asking their users to download Firefox to get the best browsing experience?"

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  1. And... the big news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It contains the fix for the rendering of Slashdot's invalid HTML!

    1. Re:And... the big news by bleckywelcky · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, I'm not sure of this "firefire" you speak of, but I have had this happen with XP + Firefox. Although, I have to say, I haven't seen it in a very long time. Perhaps the Firefox developers added:

      if(slashdot)
      {
      display(weird)
      }
      else
      {
      display(normal)
      }

  2. Typical by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I'm gonna have to go out and buy an SVG Monitor.

  3. Re:failure to take off by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Flash is mostly popular on AMD64 boxes *grin*

  4. Addds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow! Imagine how much more exciting it will be to punch the monkey!!

  5. Cool... by TeleoMan · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...but I have only a VGA monitor you insenstive clown!

    --
    $6.21 is the number of the beast before sales tax. Meh.
  6. Re:Opera by Slashcrap · · Score: 5, Funny

    Opera 8 already supports native SVG. Firefox is lagging behind yet again.

    No, Opera supports SVGTiny. SVGTiny is to normal SVG as your penis is to everyone elses.

    Hope this helps.

  7. Re:failure to take off by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Do you want to know what is ironic? Here I am looking for a knife and all there is are these ten thousand spoons!