It looks like this isn't some new, complicated iteration on SVG, but rather a big cleanup effort to make this more similar to existing HTML+CSS techniques, removing cruft from the "XML everywhere" era of the web. DTDs and xml:base are gone. The ability to specify geometric properties (like circle radius) is a big step up, so we can these properties using CSS the same way we would do it if it were a div in HTML. Improvements in text handling are a long time coming and will be appreciated.
Overall, I wouldn't be surprised if this makes implementation easier than SVG 1.1 rather than harder, improving the proliferation of vector graphics on the web.
Of course, you can still limit your images to SVG tiny if you want to.
It looks like this isn't some new, complicated iteration on SVG, but rather a big cleanup effort to make this more similar to existing HTML+CSS techniques, removing cruft from the "XML everywhere" era of the web. DTDs and xml:base are gone. The ability to specify geometric properties (like circle radius) is a big step up, so we can these properties using CSS the same way we would do it if it were a div in HTML. Improvements in text handling are a long time coming and will be appreciated.
Overall, I wouldn't be surprised if this makes implementation easier than SVG 1.1 rather than harder, improving the proliferation of vector graphics on the web.
Of course, you can still limit your images to SVG tiny if you want to.