SVG rendering

Thought I'd try saving a page out to SVG and uploading it to my site rather than a PDF.

While this works fine and allows visitors to view and print a relatively small (101k) file from within their browser, there are differences in each browsers handling of SVG, Opera being the worse of all but IE6 being the best (although no scroll bars).
You'll also notice how Opera and Firefox insert random spaces between some words.

I though it may be worth a comment for those more experienced in SVG usage?

PS: This should not be considered spam as I do not sell to overseas customers ;) (and of course you 'opt-in' when you choose to click the link)

http://totalpcss.com/files/September...20Specials.svg

Yes, I can confirm that Sledger. Have you also noticed the difference in the 'rounded rectangle' header?

Thanks Egg - yes I did notice the wrecked rectangle ;)

Infact - Opera makes an even bigger mess of it, looking more like a Christmas Cracker than a rectangle - haha!

Also no smoothing in Opera

same result with FFox

use IE7 - gave options
open - in default app [ inkscape]
save - to disk

if I actually open it in IE7 I get the attached message
course I'm forgetting how IE works I use it so rarely these days... :eek: :)
not really bothered with IE7 much at all - its just there when all else fails :rolleyes:

ok - I fired up Vista and checked IE7 and got the same result.
Does this look like an SVG export bug?

(I'm taking the MS factor into account here of course, but the mention of W3C does cast a little shadow?)

Not technical really when it comes to things web - so not sure ...

Following up:

I found that turning all the text and boxes to shapes completely solved the display problems but introduced a new one.
Instead of 101k the file grew to 1.3mb !:eek:

Oh well....

But it's 1.3 MB of vector data!, so what are you bitching about? :p

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Originally Posted by David O'Neil

But it's 1.3 MB of vector data!, so what are you bitching about? :p

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Well the bitching comes from my 'dial-up' customers who visit my site and want to download the file while they try to update their Antivirus software and download email from their family who send photo's 'straight off their cameras'.

So yeh, I try to help where I can.

SVG is a good vector graphics format to exchange vector graphics between OpenSource software (like Inkscape <-> Scribus) or to use it within your Linux desktop. But the Browser support is bad and I wouldn't recommend to use SVG on a external website (at the moment). Perhaps you can use it in a Intranet, if every user uses the same Browser with the same SVG plugin, but I would avoid it to use SVG in your website.

You should use Flash or a GIF or PNG image instead.

Remi

Remi - if Sledger will forgive a slight shift towards off-topic - would you recommend Scribus as a windows DTP app? - What I'm saying: anything significant I should be aware of if I give it a go? Looks good at first sight.
Thanks.

Yeh flash works.

Oh well, I'll put away the SVG toy until I have a better use for it


Edit: Ah yes more toys, Scribus. I remember trying that at the begining of the year. Ran like treacle in winter on my machine :(
Maybe you can let us know how the latest release runs/walks/strolls/crawls ??

I don't use Scribus. I've tested it a little bit and found no "killer features" compared to other DTP solutions. But if you're searching for a OpenSource DTP alternative, Scribus could be a proper solution for you.

Remi

Thanks Remi - not able to part with much cash at present :(

Serif PagePlus SE is free. Only for Windows. It is essentially PagePlus 9, with the current rev level being XE, which would be 12. More on PagePlus including links directly to the free version and the for-pay version:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PagePlus

There are those of us who argue that PagePlus is better than InDesign, but of course, we're biased. PagePlus is certainly easier to use. PagePlus and Microsoft Publisher stay pretty much neck-and-neck on the features front, but of course Microsoft won't provide earlier revs for free.

Edit: forgot to mention that the Serif forums resemble this venue -- all the freedom you need to ask questions and a top group of highly experienced and knowledgeable users who often provide answers instantly.

Thanks - will look into that too :)

I have tested Scribus, Pagedraw and several other word processor/ DTP programs as an alternative to Word. Mainly because I have a thing about mindlessly using Word for single page letters and small reports. What this exercise , which I conducted over several months, did was it forced me to look seriously at what I really needed in the way of a small project word processor. These turned out to be 1. Ability to handle RTF and 2. to be compatible with Word. 3. To be small, fast and free. I scoured high and low and finally settled on Atlantis Nova. AN will push text around very quickly but is not the best if you have a lot of graphics. It gets very slow under those conditions. Just my 2 cents.
Erik

Thanks Erik

More the DTP side I'm interested at the moment - WP,s I have :)