_javascript_ or something else actually take MORE time than patching the
<object> tag to work with their already functional Flash? I would
imagine that the number of lazy folks out there who would stop using a
technology rather than patch some code wouldn't add up to a significant
number (and probably wouldn't be the customers that Macromedia wants in
the first place). Think about it, one line of <object> code can embed an
entire application, what's the likelihood you can recreate that
functionality quicker than you can alter that line of code.
As far as the browsers implementing the plug-ins as native technology,
that's kind of unsettling to me. Knowing the browser vendors' propensity
to half-way support even the W3C Standards, do we really want to open up
that can of worms? There would be too many issues for that to be a
reality. How would you implement Windows Media on a Linux version of
Mozilla? You'd start to get even greater fragmentation between browser
versions on different platforms, and features would be supported
differently and behave differently from browser to browser, OS to OS. I
think that the browser makers have enough to do just trying to fully
support CSS2 and make their browsers work the same from platform to
platform.
Ideally browsers are very lightweight clients that are open enough to
allow for new technologies to be implemented without having to alter the
client. Otherwise you're going to start seeing new versions of browsers
pushing 100mb because they support 19 different "plugins" natively.
I'm looking forward to your DevX article, I'm interested to see your
method of fixing this unfortunate issue. Please let us know when it's
available!
On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 02:11, Matt Liotta wrote:
> > Flash has always required "some effort" to implement, how exactly
> will
> > adding a step to the embedding process affect their market position?
> Do
> > you really think people will chose another format than Flash because
> > they have to spend an extra 5 minutes to embed the movie? What's the
> > alternative anyway, it's not just Flash that's affected by this ...
> > everything will require the extra step so it seems like a moot
> point.
> >
> I don't think it will make a difference in terms of how Flash
> evaluates
> against other technologies in the case of new development. However,
> people may well choose to stopping using Flash as opposed to making
> changes to their site to continue using it. For example, there are
> sites that make use of Flash, but not _javascript_.
>
> And BTW, the assertion that all technologies currently implemented as
> plug-ins will be affected is incorrect. Microsoft or any browser
> vendor
> for that matter, can choose to incorporate the technology directly
> into
> the browser instead of as a plug-in.
>
> Matt Liotta
> President & CEO
> Montara Software, Inc.
> http://www.MontaraSoftware.com
> (888) 408-0900 x901
>
>
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