130050 2014-03-10 16:33:38 -0700 Poor performance when one inline SVG references another through a "use" element 2014-03-10 16:33:38 -0700 1 1 1 Unclassified WebKit SVG 528+ (Nightly build) All Unspecified NEW http://jsfiddle.net/roenbaeck/kbU4T/23/ P2 Normal --- 1 lars.ronnback webkit-unassigned zimmermann oldest_to_newest 989110 0 lars.ronnback 2014-03-10 16:33:38 -0700 I am not sure if poor performance is strictly a bug, but the performance is very poor when an inline SVG references (animated) parts of another SVG through a "use" element. Since duplicating the animations by hand in two 'unlinked' SVG images has great performance in comparison, I cannot see why the browser could not optimise the "use" element better. Please follow the link to see an illustrated example: http://jsfiddle.net/roenbaeck/kbU4T/23/