On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 12:18 +0000, Jon Grant wrote: > The FSF plan is to solely support Flash, that is a flawed plan IMHO, > just like solely supporting MS-Word file format would be. Instead they > should develop a multimedia standard for audio/video/vector graphics > and scripting which is better, and include backwards compatible > support for Flash files as an option to assist in the migration to an > open standard.
Actually, I think the format is mostly inconsequential. The problem isn't that Flash has become a de facto standard, it's that the Flash content tools are ubiquitous and there is no competition (Microsoft's SilverLight developments notwithstanding). It's very easy to come up with a new standard, or some kind of SVG profile, or whatever. It's not that hard to write a player for that standard. It's tough to get people to use the standard when there are basically bugger-all applications out there which create the content. I don't see Flash MX / Studio / nom-de-jure supporting a non-Flash format any time soon, and I don't see designers and content producers moving to a different application any time soon either. Cheers, Alex. _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list Fsfe-uk@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
