Hi guys,
I wonder to know if you have a mid term plan to add animation support on inkscape (with a nice GUI and all that stuff...). I you do, are you planning to use SMIL or DOM manipulation script ?
I saw on your wiki some pages related to animation support but they are all old and do not seems updated.
If you don't have time to work on it, could you consider launching an indigogo or kickstarter campaign to raise some funds. I am sure many people will give you money to give that support.
In my opinion with HTML5 / CSS3, modern browser, video support and inkscape, animation support in inkscape is the only key missing to be able te replace PowerPoint.
I except to see many software based on SVG+animation emerge in the next few years with the HTML5 explosion. It will be sad to see a new proprietary software emerging and becoming the standard in SVG animation.