Re: FLASH: W3C

[phillip m. torrone]

macromedia, microsoft, adobe and a large number of other representatives

are all working on \ with the w3c svg specification. it's going to be

several months (most likely years) before the there's a complete

implementation that will be available that works across platforms and

browsers.


svg will be useful in vector data exchange, but it's a little large for web

use with the file sizes i think, and it relies on different javascript

implementations, one of the reasons it's not supported across the browsers

and platforms. svg seems like it will replace the pdf, which is more of a

companion to flash. the plug in right now is 3 megs i think, that's another

drawback for now.


there hasn't been any announced support for svg by netscape, microsoft or

other browser developers for svg that i know of. right now the current

implementation does not support version 3 browsers, and internet explorer

support on the mac is limited to static svg only.


ubiquity is key. 341,683,457 world wide users of macromedia flash as of

august 1, 2000.


it's always good to have a pulse on the industry so i'd keep checking the

w3c, check out http://www.voicexml.org there's a service at www.tellme.com

that's really fun to play with.


cheers,


phillip m. torrone

director of new technology

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At 11:08 AM 7/31/00 -0400, you wrote:

>What do you guys think about the W3C's plans to make SVG the protocol for

>the web? How do you think it will affect Flash (if at all)?

>

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