SVG display in embed elements chooses ASV instead of Webkit
Hello, When I view HTML files with an embedded SVG file (using the <embed /> tag) webkit loads the SVG in the Adobe SVG viewer instead of the native SVG implementation. Is this known or intended behavior? I certainly would prefer the <object /> tag instead of the <embed/> tag, but IE7 does not like Adobe SVG viewer in the object tag :-( Here is an example: http://www.carto.net/papers/svg/samples/canvas.shtml I am testing with MacOSX 10.4.8 (PowerPC) with the latest Apple Webkit (nightly build). Thanks for any information on this issue. Andreas -- ---------------------------------------------- Andreas Neumann Institute of Cartography ETH Zurich Wolfgang-Paulistrasse 15 CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland Phone: ++41-44-633 3031, Fax: ++41-44-633 1153 e-mail: neumann@karto.baug.ethz.ch www: http://www.carto.net/neumann/ SVG.Open: http://www.svgopen.org/ Carto.net: http://www.carto.net/
On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 21:12:02 +0100 Andreas Neumann
When I view HTML files with an embedded SVG file (using the <embed /> tag) webkit loads the SVG in the Adobe SVG viewer instead of the native SVG implementation.
My understanding is that custom plugins are supposed to override internal implementations (or QuickTime, for that matter) - on the basis that the user expects a plugin to work after explicitly installing it. Besides, if WebKit always preferred built-in SVG, there would be no way to access sites that only work with ASV. - WBR, Alexey Proskuryakov
hm, Adobe SVG viewer is a dying thing, anyway. It doesn't work on Intel Macs any more. I personally would prefer that the upcoming webkit would use its own SVG engine instead the Adobe viewer. ASV, wasn't updated for ages (since 2001). But well, its going away, anyway. My hope is that Webkits SVG imlementation will soon be similar or better than ASV. Andreas Alexey Proskuryakov wrote:
On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 21:12:02 +0100 Andreas Neumann
When I view HTML files with an embedded SVG file (using the <embed /> tag) webkit loads the SVG in the Adobe SVG viewer instead of the native SVG implementation.
My understanding is that custom plugins are supposed to override internal implementations (or QuickTime, for that matter) - on the basis that the user expects a plugin to work after explicitly installing it.
Besides, if WebKit always preferred built-in SVG, there would be no way to access sites that only work with ASV.
- WBR, Alexey Proskuryakov
-- ---------------------------------------------- Andreas Neumann Institute of Cartography ETH Zurich Wolfgang-Paulistrasse 15 CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland Phone: ++41-44-633 3031, Fax: ++41-44-633 1153 e-mail: neumann@karto.baug.ethz.ch www: http://www.carto.net/neumann/ SVG.Open: http://www.svgopen.org/ Carto.net: http://www.carto.net/
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