> Not exactly.. there are some other technologies.. Again NOT > supported by all browsers... So didnt get popular.. Same > thing is going to happen to Flash/RIA.. HTML became popular > cause there is standard (W3C).. so will XML and the beauty of > it.. is.. > You are NOT learning/coding IBM's/MSFT's XML/HTML.. > YOU ARE LEARING/CODING HTML/XML just like Java.. its NOT > SUN's Java or IBM's Java... Its Java. > > Do you think all browsers support JavaScript the same way? > Man..leave alone that.. we have problems controlling fonts in > different browsers...(Just basic stuff)... > Inspite of all this...Flash/RIA, a proprietary technique is > going to be a standard? Yea.. maybe.. if MM releases it to > W3C and makes Flash open source. > > Hope all the other big players(IBM/MSFT/ORCL) and the W3C > will be happy to play along with MM's invention.. yeah right!.
Like it or not, Flash is a de facto "standard". If every browser can use the Flash player, and most already have the Flash player, none of the other "big players" have to play along. HTML didn't become popular because of the W3C, it became popular because it was simple, and people could use it, and you could get free software (Mosaic, then Netscape) for it. As for proprietary HTML, well, we've all used that before, I'm sure, at one time or another. Sometimes it's been Netscape's, other times it's been Microsoft's. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
