SVG SMIL news from Google

This just out from Google (thanks to one of the SVG enthusiasts at Ello for
letting me know).

 

Excerpt: "We value all of your feedback, and it's clear that there are use
cases serviced by SMIL that just don't have high-fidelity replacements yet.
As a result, we've decided to suspend our intent to deprecate and take
smaller steps toward other options."

 

https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!topic/blink-dev/5o0yiO440LM
%5B126-150%5D

 

Delighted to hear this, Phil and Alex!

 

I thought that others here might be interested to know.

 

Now, if as Amelia points out[1], folks can work on convincing places like
FB, Google Plus, Twitter and Wikipedia that SVG in <img> adds value to their
platforms - and is safe--, the web will become a richer place.  Am I correct
in concluding from what I read at the links you provided, Amelia, that SVG
in <img> is, as much as anything on the web, safe right now?

 

Smil(es)

David

 

[1] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/2016Aug/0030.html