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I really, really like Raphael. I was in a position to try out Easel, Fabric and Raphael and while is was my personal favorite, our needs to stay close to AS3 (to port flash) meant we went with Easel.

Raphael is a very nice library though.

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I totally second this. The learning curve for Raphael is so much less steep than D3 and there's some really nice functionality built into the framework. The only (small) qualm I have is that it's a relatively bulky package, but you definitely can cut out pieces that you don't use that are unnecessary.

Third'ed. After a careful study of the available cross-browser svg libraries a year and a half ago, I selected Raphael for a series of WebApps. Some associates chose others. Over time, they now all use Raphael. One of those decisions where I look back and think "got it right the first time!"

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