Flashpaper is here to stay. The simple reason... mobile. PDF is not fit for mobile deployment. Flashpaper will help solidify Adobe's web document manifesto.
>From the FAQ. 'Do you expect to integrate the FlashPlayer and the Adobe Reader? The complementary functionality of FlashPlayer and Adobe Reader will enable the deployment of a more robust cross-media, rich-client technology platform. The combined company will continue to be committed to the needs of both the FlashPlayer and Adobe Reader users.' -Adam On 4/18/05, Adam Haskell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Embedded pdfs still take a long time to load...flashpaper is supported > on over 98% of the computers on the internet, Acrobat is not near > that. Flashpaper is more widely supported. The executable footprint is > unbeleively different 500k vs 10+ MB the SWF vs PDF sizes are simular > though PDF wins out most of the time. > > Adam H > > On 4/18/05, Keith Gaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Calvin Ward wrote: > > > > > I fail to see what is wrong with Flashpaper, it has a smaller footprint > > > and > > > can be easily embedded in pages, and is supported by more browsers than > > > PDF > > > is. > > > > Are you talking about executable footprint or file footprint? If it's > > executable footprint, then that's just because Acrobat is, well, > > bloated. You can embed PDFs in pages--that is, after all, what the > > <object> tag is for--it's just that there's no good reason to (nor can I > > see a good reason to embed FlashPaper in a page). And then there's > > browser support: last time I looked, it was the other way round with PDF > > renderers that are embeddable into browsers being more common than Flash > > plug-ins. > > > > K. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:203332 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
