I have been impressed of what the w3c managed to get done with just a proper specification (html, xhtml), a matching validator and good examples. Of course there were problems but in comparison to the hell created by microsoft and netscape in the early days of html it gods sake.

I have no problem for different vendors if they match in execution (keyword: Testsuites) but may be optimized for the platform or integrate addition API or have performance boosts (or whatsoever). The Problem is that the .swf Format would need  to be valid and every Player needs to be certified.

Of course there is a chance of misgrow and problems but there is also competition and support from various sides - I mean: It would be funny wouldn't it to access flash elements via _javascript_ in firefox with one default api for html as well as dom nodes without loss of speed or anything else.

yours
Martin.




 
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