Microsoft Adopts SVG For Internet Explorer 9

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.

Comments

Re:Well, that's a surprise.

[davester666]

Sir, how dare you question the integrity of Microsoft.

Oh, wait, Microsoft is a corporation. It has no integrity.

Whaaa...

[Anonymous Coward]

>>> The new browser probably won't run on XP such that people will be forced to buy Windows 7 to run MS's newer browser.

Yes. The critical part of your phrase being "to run MS's newer browser". Considering M$ security track record, pardon me if I'm less than enthusiastic about M$ software.

> Now, if you'd like those features, Microsoft has a program in which you pay the devs extra to port it to (insert older Windows OS here).

Either you're dense or worse. Or you may be young and think support means the same to you and M$. Hint: it does not.

> IE 9 will run on Vista and 7.

We have new monitor with a certain resolution (very common btw) which Vista does and W7 don't.

Actually Vista doesn't support said resolution itself, too, but it will accept the monitor maker driver CD. OTOH, W7 won't offer the desired resolution not even with the last version driver downloaded from the maker site. And yes, the monitor is claimed to be W7 compatible.

"It's not W7 fault", someone will surely say. Then why Vista works? Or XP, generally speaking, btw? (I have an HP scanner that works under XP; under Vista or W7, it's a brick)

It all boils down to "what did you expect?", "they're a capitalist company, it's natural for them to do so" etc. etc. To me, that amounts to "they're evil, what did you want?" 8-\

(post intentionally vague, since I'm not in the business of helping M$ like MIguel)

Hello Mr Apologist

[SmallFurryCreature]

What are you babbling about. IT IS A BROWSER. Other browsers can support standards on XP, so why can't they? Opera/Firefox/Chome do it on various OS'es at the same time. So why can't MS?

Low level video functions... what do they have to do with STANDARDS?

Stop gulping down the koolaid and LOOK at what you are writing here. You are saying that MS can not produce a standard compliant browser for XP because it can't access low level video functions on its own OS.

MS still makes money from XP, so why not simply release a browser for it that is build for it? Or do you really believe a BROWSER needs such specific access to video systems to run fast unlike COUNTLESS games?

And how come all the other browser makers don't need this access?

Come back when you have taken Ballmer's cock out of your mouth.