On 01/16/2012 04:18 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 1:02 AM, john Culleton wrote:
I am doing some experimenting with svg pages in lieu of html. Is there a reason why the inkscape.org front page is not done in svg?
Of course there is one. It's called “support by web browsers” :)
From a pragmatic web designer/developer's perspective, I would say that creating an entire web page – let alone website – in SVG is a really bad idea. At least for now. As Mr. Prokoudine pointed out, browser support isn't great.
It just seems like making web pages with SVG must be very experimental at this point. Even if browsers supported it very well there are many challenges. Basically, you'll have to build everything you need from scratch.
- No CMS or wiki that I'm aware of generates SVG. - All pages would have to be published as XML - note the challenges that that created for XHTML. - Do search engines index SVG files?
I think we have enough of a challenge in designing, updating and maintaining an excellent HTML-based website with all of the free scripts and tools that are available.
Just my two cents. As a professional I've never heard of anybody using SVG in this way. Though it does sound like a cool idea.
Jason Simanek