Re: FLASH: RE: FLASH's future

[Troy M. Gilbert]

>was alarmed to learn that the W3 or whatever it is called is not or has not

>adopted Flash for its new standards. What does this portend for Flash? I was


It is true, the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium, the standards body for the

World Wide Web) has proposed a text-based standard called SVG (something

Vector Graphics, the rest of the acronym eludes me right now). While the

text-based standard is important from a scripting and DOM (Document Object

Model) perspective, it does not lend itself well to small file sizes (at

the minimum it would triple or quadruple the file size). As of yet, the W3C

has not defined a binary vector graphics format. It is hopeful that Flash

or a close derivative will become this standard, but at this time it is

unknown.


If you want to see our favorite graphics standard, SWF (Shockwave Flash),

become a recognized standard, visit the W3C website (www.w3c.org) and drop

them an e-mail in support of it!


Troy.





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