On 7/24/07, David Rorex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Personally I think you should keep it as compatible as possible. Otherwise, someone might develop a SWF, only checking against gnash, and not realize that it doesn't work correctly in the official player (which the majority of users will be using). This means that gnash would not be as useful for developing, since you'd need to doublecheck against the official player all the time. My opinion is that extra functionality or changed functionality is much worse than missing functionality.
I agree that it should be as compatible as possible, but in this case, I don't think that would be a problem. Where Gnash features overlap with the Adobe player, they should behave exactly the same. But in this case, I know the Adobe player can't rotate device fonts, so I don't do that. If it would support it in a future version, it can be expected that it would do it like with embedded fonts (i.e., like Gnash), no there wouldn't be a problem, either. Yes, somebody might test only on Gnash and not be aware of this. But I believe those who develop for the mainstream /will/ check with the Adobe player, most likely even testing /only/ on the Adobe player. Those who test only with Gnash are much more likely to use it, say, for an interface of a device or an app where Gnash will be used for the menu. So why not give them that feature? Another example where the situation would be the same would be video codecs. Should Gnash be able to play all videos I have codecs for, or just those the Adobe player can play? I'd hope that it could play all. Ideally, of course, there would be a compatibility mode, of course, and in the browser it should be the default setting. Mark _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
