<i>WebGL and even Canvas are significantly more performant.</i><p>It did seem rather unfair of the article to bash Microsoft&#x2F;IE so much over SVG support, when actually today the performance and sometimes rendering quality in IE is dramatically better than the likes of Chrome and Firefox.<p>But in any case, you&#x27;re right, performance is a significant real world concern if you&#x27;re using SVG for anything beyond very simple diagrams or line art.