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Microsoft Adopts SVG For Internet Explorer 9

Posted by timothy on from the what-will-child-services-say dept.

An anonymous reader writes "SVG has been a published standard for almost a decade. Microsoft has had nothing to do with it, even while every other major browser adopted SVG as a supported format and interface. Just in the last few weeks, though, Microsoft has thrown a surprising amount of its weight behind SVG." This means for IE 9, but it's a start.

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  1. Re:Well, that's a surprise. by calmofthestorm · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes, when they create a proprietary extension to SVG that allows embedding smart code. Perhaps they'll call it ActiveSVG.

    Actually I'm not sure if that's a EEE joke or a security problems joke.

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  2. What a Coincidence by randallman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There appears to be an inverse relationship between IE market share and its implementation of standards. Applaud MS for good decisions, but never forget how they acted when they owned the market.

  3. embrace, extend, extinguish... by advocate_one · · Score: 5, Insightful

    it's their only business model... SVG is the new target to pervert. Expect their web development tools to produce subtly broken SVG that only renders correctly on the IE version... they did the exact same with html. They will go to great lengths to ensure their development tools produce websites that don't work right on other browsers. Ever such subtle glitches, but the users will end up blaming the other browser that they picked on the ballot page.

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