I agree completely. >From what we have discussed, here are the possibilities, correct me if I am wrong: - Flash: no way, proprietary (is it possible to write a free plug-in? I think it is not) - Java: current plug-in is proprietary (Sun or IBM). I will investigate to see if Java free implementation (CLASSPATH, gcj, Kaffe, Eclipse and others) provide a free browser plug-in - SVG: no free plug-in now, support for mozilla but only when compiled inside Mozilla - Blender: plug-in development is in standby
Looks like there is a need for free software here... fd Le mer 05/05/2004 � 11:00, Pall Thayer a �crit : > Don't get me wrong. I don't see this as a flame war. These are very > valid points that have been brought up and this sheds some light on the > state of free, non-proprietary media for the web today. I truly wish > there were viable non-proprietary ways of creating rich media that could > utilize the pre-installed plugins that come with most browsers, such as > flashplayer and javaVM. But sadly this is not the case so I feel forced > to take the proprietary route. As far as OGG is concerned, I do plan to > switch to it in about a year or so. The way things are going it looks > like it will be pretty wide-spread by that time. > > Pall >
