Just like we managed to get Adobe to postpone the End-Of-Life of ASV,
there's more we can do:
On HTML: First everybody blamed 'other' browsers ("but it works in
IE"), now even the broader public is starting to understand it's
usually broken HTML (or just "broken websites") being the cause,
though you now also sometimes hear "IE is broken" or more often "IE
sucks".
The broader public has mostly never heard of SVG, that's no problem.
If something doesn't seem to work they first blame the things visible
to them (the vehicles of SVG), a product name like for example
"Inkscape" or "Firefox" or "Google Maps". These might be bad examples
though, as these are considered to offer significant added value or to
be just COOL, mostly because they seem to just work.
Improving the general "it just works" factor of SVG with some easy
community effort (can start with just a few minutes) would speed up
both the growth of SVG and "IE is broken":
- Fixing the MIME-type:
Some content that is meant to result in an image on screen, shows up
code or a saveAs dialog because it is not served as image/svg+xml
This problem is definitely shrinking (and goes away once IANA adds it
to THE list), but could shrink faster. Especially content that is
linked to a lot, could use a polite report of needing a simple fix to
stop it from being invisible to many (customers). Send along
http://wiki.svg.org/MIME_Type You'll get thanked.
- Not forgetting the namespace declarations:
similar
- Updating SVG Wiki:
Join in. Use Wiki URLs in answering on this list
- pimp SVG
Visually of course !!
"clipart of the week" on http://openclipart.org/cchost is a nice
little example. Looking forward to many more, addicting (mobile) games
maybe, screensaver pieces of art, etc.
When you blog about them, also be visual, just use SVG (possible
fallback: "your browser can't handle SVG directly; see it indirectly
through Java" (Batik Squiggle WebStarted))
- report bugs:
On viewers, editors, generators, content, documentation
- ask for SVG as a feature:
This is often covered already, if not: just ask
- help Xbrowser projects:
There are useful validators and Xbrowser scripting libraries that can
use some help or promotion
I'm sure the small minority already doing lots or all of these would
very much appreciate your bit of help, as will you yourself.
Just some ideas
Ruud
http://svg.startpagina.nl (SVG links resource)
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