Poking around a bit, I found this previous thread [1] of discussion here. I don't quite remember the conclusion if there was one, but it looks as though the need to use try and catch for getSVGDocument() and contentDocument may no longer be needed. I think that until IE/native provides filter and SMIL support and IE6 through 8 are phased out we'll have to assume that at least some users are still using ASV - fortunately it is a pretty robust implementation and handles most of what a developer can think to throw at it. This would tend, I think, to recommend the former rather than the latter, unless someone sees a) a difference between the two or b) knows of a modern browser that doesn't handle getSVGDocument() .
Regards David [1] http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.text.xml.svg.devel/45621 From: svg-developers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:svg-developers@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Cameron Laird Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 5:07 PM To: svg-developers@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [svg-developers] how to get and set from one object to another? On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 01:02:58PM -0400, David Dailey wrote: . . . > Do getSVGDocument() and contentDocument do exactly the same thing? It would > appear that they do. I used to avoid the latter since it seemed to only work > in Firefox (which it seems didn't support getSVGDocument() in some contexts > in olden days), but browsers seem happy with either now (though I didn't try > ASV). . . . Me, too. I don't know the answer. Google has code which uses one, and refers to the other in an accompanying comment. On the whole, right now I feel slightly more inclined to use contentDocument--note, though, that I would have given a differ- ent answer yesterday. I have *not* found a rigorous comparison of the two. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: svg-developers-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ----Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: svg-developers-dig...@yahoogroups.com svg-developers-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: svg-developers-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
