Proposal:Inline SVG preference
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Summary
Bypass the problem of poor SVG rendering via librsvg and allow modern browsers to render SVG content for themselves.
Proposal
Use a MediaWiki extension (Extension:Inline SVG?) to allow MediaWiki markup ([[File:Image.svg|thumb|right|400px]] to render as properly sized SVGs in the browser without MediaWiki converting the SVG into PNGs. Do this via a preference similar to how math formulas are shown.
Motivation
- Bypass problems of poor rendering in librsvg
- Provide a sizable base of users who can provide feedback, ready for the day when this will become default because all browsers will have SVG support.
- Enable advanced SVG features such as animation (replacing the current use of animated GIFs) and text label substitution (making multilingual SVG diagrams possible).
- Possibly enable SVG scripting features (see en:SVG animation), providing an alternative to Proposal:Java applet support.
Key Questions
- What needs to be done to bring the extension into a releasable form?
- Do current browsers render SVGs well enough to make this an improvement for a sizable number of users?
- What is shown to the default users (those who have not switched on this preference) in case of a multilingual svg (probably more important than the case of animation)?
Potential Costs
- Development costs for improving the extension
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