IE9pre: Add SVG filter support

[zodiachsx]

While SVG on its own is an incredibly useful specification, it derives much
of its value from being able to apply bitmap operations to the output with
filters. A lot of useful effects like shadows, glows, noise and so on are
routinely implemented using this system and its absence from IE9s
implementation seriously harms the usefulness of IE9 in general.

Example:
http://www.tapper-ware.net/stable/PerspectiveWith6LinesOfXML/index.svg
(Should have a perspective transformation applied via feDisplacementMap)

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[tomagion]

Alright zodiachsx, I know this is from WikiPedia so may not be entirely
accurate, but it sounds like canvas is a bit proprietry, albeit the HTML5
spec i managed out of the Google & Apple camps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvas_(HTML_element)

Sounds like SVG is the way to go and that is what MS have gone for at this
point in time.

I voted "I Disagree"

Post by zodiachsx
While SVG on its own is an incredibly useful specification, it derives much
of its value from being able to apply bitmap operations to the output with
filters. A lot of useful effects like shadows, glows, noise and so on are
routinely implemented using this system and its absence from IE9s
implementation seriously harms the usefulness of IE9 in general.
http://www.tapper-ware.net/stable/PerspectiveWith6LinesOfXML/index.svg
(Should have a perspective transformation applied via feDisplacementMap)
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