I love SVG as a format, but don't have a lot of experience with SVG animation.
Could the animating javascript loop be redone using SVG animations?
Could the animating javascript loop be redone using SVG animations?
My understanding is that SVG animation (SMIL) support isn't great, and it doesn't look to be getting any better.
I remember reading somewhere that even the browsers that do support it don't like it, for whatever reason (but I could be wrong about this, I'm having trouble finding where I read that again, and only vaguely remember it in the first place)