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Re:SVG has more potential by amelius on Monday September 26, 2016 @03:56PM (#12585031)
> SVG is amazing, my main concern about it. it is because it creates a huge burden to browser developers.

Yes, it would have been better if SVG was designed on top of something simpler; and this something simpler could be implemented by browser developers. Probably, such an approach is more secure too. But, I guess it is too late now.

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Re:SVG has more potential by bobajeff on Monday September 26, 2016 @06:03PM (#12585992)
I imagine they could implement it on top of Canvas/WebGL.
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Re:SVG has more potential by josephcooney on Monday September 26, 2016 @07:58PM (#12586631)
Like https://github.com/canvg/canvg (which AFAIK doesn't do hit testing like 'real' SVG, but is a promising start).
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