9. SVG and CSS – is it good that SVG is stylable via CSS style sheets?

· Original SVG WG came very close to deadlock over this issue
o ~6-month delay in original spec while arguing this issue
o Utimately a compromise: both XML attributes and CSS properties
· Why SVG+CSS was a good idea:
o Allows HTML with inline SVG to have a consistent styling model
o Commonality between HTML and SVG is generally a good thing
· Why SVG+CSS was a bad idea:
o Considerably more complicated to implement => slower performance
§ Even today, Canvas tends to be considerably faster
o Even when available, people don’t use CSS with SVG very much
· Whatever your personal conclusion, browsers have implemented SVG+CSS and it’s here to stay