Plugins versus browser builtin [LWN.net]

Plugins versus browser builtin

Posted Mar 11, 2008 19:58 UTC (Tue) by jwb (subscriber, #15467)
In reply to: Plugins versus browser builtin by nix
Parent article: MIX - Novell's de Icaza criticizes Microsoft patent deal (LinuxWorld)

Sure, it's very rare, but you can't do dynamic graphics with PNGs or GIFs.  SVG is the only
game in town with a decent API, followed by Canvas (which can't do text) and then Flash (which
is proprietary).  I think you'll find that SVG is pretty common on Wikipedia, where it's often
used for maps and diagrams.

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