[OpenLayers-Users] Build With vector Support

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 01:23:09PM -0700, MilesTogoe wrote:
> Erik Uzureau wrote:
> > On 12/12/07, Andrew de klerk <andrew.deklerk at gmail.com> wrote:
> >   
> >> Ok - i think thats what i was getting at...sorry to harp on about it, but it
> >> does help to get a clearer understanding of the OL opbject model..I excluded
> >> SVG because i din't think i needed it, but needed VML..So if i am
> >> understanding correctly IE renders vectors using VML and every other browser
> >> renders using SVG?
> >>     
> >
> > In case noone else cleared this up for you... yes, your understanding
> > is I think correct. At the very least Firefox uses SVG... not sure
> > about Safari and Opera.
> >   
> Both Safari (Leopard) and Opera support SVG - so I would assume OL 
> renders SVG for these two.

Correct.

Safari < 3.x doesn't support SVG, and doesn't render vectors at all.
Same is true of FF < 1.5.

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
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