Magnus Manske wrote:
In continuation of the recent discussion, might this work for showing SVGs directly in browsers that can do so, etc.?
Magnus
I would argue that SVGs are a poor use case here (a better one being high-density JPGs such as those used by Retina displays).
Specifically, there are two main reasons in favour of serving PNGs over SVGs: * Uniformity. Instead of having to optimise against many different browsers' implementations of SVG specifications, SVG users only have to optimise against one (rsvg). * SVG capability. Some browsers won't badly render SVG images, they'll just refuse to show them at all (this is a receding factor bbut obviousl one of historical importance).
Bandwidth considerations come in a poor third (especially considering some PNGs are larger than their SVG equivalents).
That said, it's interesting stuff, if incredibly bleeding-edge at the moment.
Regards, Harry (User:Jarry1250)