SVG rendering

[steve.ledger]

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

[Egg Bramhill]

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

[steve.ledger]

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

[handrawn]

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...
not really bothered with IE7 much at all - its just there when all else fails

[steve.ledger]

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?)

[handrawn]

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

[steve.ledger]

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 !

Oh well....

[David O'Neil]

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

[steve.ledger]

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

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.

[remi]

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