Re: SVG SMIL news from Google

On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 3:46 PM, David Dailey <[email protected]>
wrote:

> This just out from Google (thanks to one of the SVG enthusiasts at Ello
> for letting me know).
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> 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.”
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> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!topic/
> blink-dev/5o0yiO440LM%5B126-150%5D
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> Delighted to hear this, Phil and Alex!
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I am too, kind of.  I have apps that use SMIL.


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> I thought that others here might be interested to know.
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Yes, thank you David.  This takes the pressure off deprecating yet another
useful SVG feature although I suppose I'll still have to do it.


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> 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?
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> Smil(es)
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> David
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> [1] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/2016Aug/0030.html
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