SVG has more potential
When I first heard about svg, I was excited.  Finally everybody getting behind a vector graphics format... and since then the more I see the worse it looks.  A boosted, text-oriented, JavaScript-enhanced resource monster.  All the worst attributes of HTML, but in vector graphics.<p>Did anybody want this?  I know I wanted a jpg of vector graphics - a resource-friendly small system for embedding vector graphics into things. Something where I don't have to worry about an image having an xss vulnerability.  Something that degrades gracefully so it can still work in some form on an anemic piece of equipment.<p>But no. We throw bigger and heavier hardware at more trivial problems.