How to make SVG work with IE?

Question

Does anybody know of a comprehensive library to make SVG work with IE (7 and 8 in particular)?

I wanted something Javascript which could be included in my web page a

Answer 1

A more low tech solution would be to use something like svg_alike (insert conflict of interest notification here :)). It checks for the SVG support, then if it doesn't find it it replaces all SVG images with PNGs.

https://github.com/forwardadvance/svg_alike

You lose the advantages of smooth vector zooming, and retina support, but IE8 users are unlikely to make use of these features anyway.

The advantage is that you don't have to convert your images into JavaScript. I think it provides 80% of the value for 5% of the work.