VML

[jonathantneal]

VML

[jonathantneal]

The experimental SVG to VML convertor from Core framework is 2.6KB minified + gzipped.

Another option is Raphael, but its VML conversion is highly integrated. Bundling it as-is is 30KB.

If there isn’t interest in seeing vectors in IE6-8, I’ll probably stop trying.

[tseven]

My opinion is that the IE6-8 isn't worth any substantial work or effort. I'm fine serving up .png as replacements even if it's slow and ugly when scaled. It's part of the experience of using a browser 5+ years old.

I would prefer a solution which produced "proper" VMLs a la Raphael over a smaller flawed solution. I don't mind conditionally serving a 30k library to the IE 6-8 users, it takes 2-3 seconds for them to render a page, what's another 500ms? ;)

If it's not too much work/trouble/hassle I'd use and appreciate the option.

[jonathantneal]

I agree. Perhaps we could release a separate legacy script that uses VMLs and requires Raphael as a dependency.

I’m also sure someone really smart could extract the VML path conversion from Raphael and severely reduce the overhead. I just don’t have the time, presently.

[jonathantneal]

My opinion is that the IE6-8 isn't worth any substantial work or effort.

After much time and consideration, I agree. There will need to be other considerations when the fallback png needs to be colorized one way or another, but rendering VML ourselves is not a 2014 solution. Had this script been written in 2008, maybe. Closing this issue unless someone can provide new feedback or effort.