Firefox 1.1 Plans Native SVG Support

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?"

Comments

Re:What is SVG?

[DoorFrame]

Because it's going to be Firefox! Duh.

(PS. I have no idea.)

Re:failure to take off

[KiloByte]

Not really. Who uses Flash for anything but advertising?

I used to have Flash and Flashblock for some time, but, I can't recall the last time I clicked through it. On this new machine, I simply didn't instant Flash and I'm happy.