It would be nice if SVG became more widespread. I wonder why Mozilla doesn't include it in the normal releases. Since the source is available, it couldn't be too difficult to make a free plugin version, could it? There was talk about IBM trying to talk Sun into open-sourcing Java but what with Suns new marriage to Microsoft, I don't see that happening anytime in the near future. Flash is totally proprietary and probably little or no possibility of making anything free out of it. I'll have to take a look at blender. Didn't know it did interactive stuff too. Thought it was just a 3d editor. Looks potentially cool. Even though the browser plugin development isn't doing anything, it looks to me like you could do multi-user networked stuff in it, distribute it as a standalone and eliminate the need for the browser. Very interesting indeed.
best regards, Pall On Wednesday 05 May 2004 12:04, Francois Dechelle wrote: > 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 -- Pall Thayer artist/teacher http://www.this.is/pallit http://www.this.is/isjs http://www.this.is/harmony http://130.208.220.190/panse
