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dragon_punk

, I find that Opera tends to possess greater capabilities with SVG and CSS than Firefox.

In fact, at the moment, I’m trying to learn more about SVG animation using Opera.

SVG, as very few people know, is the W3C standard for vector graphics which was first created in the late 1990s. With the development of the specification to its current state, SVG certainly rivals Flash in its graphical, animated and scripted capabilites; at the same time, it is dwarfed by Flash in market penetration, brand recoginition, Web predominance and scale of implementation. At best, it has found the most usage among free software projects (with whom Flash has long held a troubled history) and mobile device manufacturers.

So, what is the biggest issue with SVG animation at the moment?

To be honest, there are NO free SVG animation editors, as of 2008.

In other words, there is no easy and free means by which you can create animations in SVG. Unless you have the money to buy one of the shareware SVG editors, you’re stuck with having to learn and code SVG animations by hand.

So those who may be looking to create SVG animations for, say, Opera widgets will be out of luck.

Also, speaking of Flash: