I have a similar problem. I've developed an SVG front end for editing databases, IE only at this point. Drawback is that if the db is rather large, performance falls off fast. For instance, my svg when fully loaded is about 3.5 MB, which I don't think of as all that large. I make svg maps that are that big and bigger. The map performance is much better. I've tried to minimize the size, but I can only do so much. I reuse buttons and textboxes. I use the svg clip art as a source and make reusable elements in Inkscape. Inkscape adds a lot of useless stuff like opacity:1.00000000; and so on. Below is an example of what Inkscape creates. I do not know what attributes hinder performance. I get rid of attributes that I know add nothing. I've even substituted out such things as style="stop-opacity:0.40555555" with stop-opacity='0.40555555'
<linearGradient id="linearGradient8451"><stop id="stop8452" offset="0" style="stop-color:#ffffff;stop-opacity:0;" /><stop id="stop8453" offset="1.0000000" style="stop-color:#ffffff;stop-opacity:0.40555555;"/></linearGradient> I am not sure what performance degradations occur when using <use> tags. Is performance related to just the added text of a use tag? How about linear gradients and use tags? I'm constantly looking for ideas, so any input would be appreciated. If nothing else, it's a good exercise. Thanks. Sean ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -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/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
