Claus Cyrny wrote:
Hi,
I just finished my first web design http://home.arcor.de/ccyrny/ in Inkscape that incorporates SVG. The only problem: IE 6 doesn't support it, and I'm not sure about IE 7 (I am using Linux/Firefox).
My question: Does it make sense to keep the SVG (since the web site is for clients)? I really love the look, but I'm especially very disappointed with IE (basically the old story). I would be glad if someone could give me some feedback on how my page looks (so far, only the entrance page to my site) in their browser. I would also appreciate feedback/experience by other members on the list on the use of SVG for web sites.
Your web is pretty cool but it has problems. See attached. You must test your site with different sized fonts.
Microsoft is notorious for not supporting any file formats but its own. For the longest time it did not support PNG. And then it wonders why nobody wants to support its formats.
The problem I have is that my ISP does not support SVG. When you try to download a SVG file, it says its MIME type is text/plain, not text/svg. Check out http://www.magma.ca/~shawnhcorey/200710/circulatory.svg To view it, you have to save it on your machine and open the file.
Sigh.
I recommend that you convert your images to PNG or JPEG. It will be a long time before everyone supports the established standards.
