Hi there I'm considering on using SVG files on my web, even though I have not knowledge about that format, completely new to me. I'd like to know if is that the way to go, or it pros & cons thanks in advance
The SVG specification is an open standard that has been under development by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) since 1999. SVG images and their behaviours are defined in XML text files. This means that they can be searched, indexed, scripted and, if required, compressed. SVG files can be edited with any text editor, but specialized SVG development environments are also available. These offer a wide range of general-purpose and product specific features. All major modern web browsers except Microsoft Internet Explorer support and render SVG markup directly. To view SVG files in Internet Explorer (IE), users have to download and install a browser plugin. For more information visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalable_Vector_Graphics
Please note that the browser plugin is no longer supported by Adobe and has not been under any development for several years. It also doesn't work with either Vista or IE8 (forgot which). Once again IE holds back the web.
So it's a no-no when it comes to usability right ? My stats shows me that 59% of my visitors are using IE
then for you, unless you can figure out a working JS or flash interpreter, it's a no-no. Opera supports SVG animation - and while there's no current animation suite that saves to it (you have to hand-code it for now) it will do anything that Flash can do, and by using standard SVG and Javascript languages too! Lets hope the open-source friendly Adobe decides to write SVG support for Flash in the near future, and the option to render embedded SVG using flash plugin in IE.