On: Open Source SVG Icons Library – Vivid.js

[jonknee]

> I find it puzzling why people would use this?

To show icons to the 99.5% of people who use the web with Javascript? Even Font Awesome suggests people go this route today.

[RobertRoberts → jonknee]

This is really interesting, because this changed.

I noticed the default free CDN option was JS when version 5 of FA came out, but now the default is font based:

https://fontawesome.com/get-started

Note the tab order, it's Font | Js | Desktop | Advanced.

It used to start with JS, so I think you may be wrong on this point, even if they "recommend" it in their docs, their defaults argue otherwise.

[wowaname → jonknee]

"Everyone else does it therefore I should too"? Do you also give into peer pressure?