Surely, the point we are at with Flash is analogous to the early days of the
web, when you couldn't even put a picture in your document. You could only
have text. As time went on, it became desirable to include 'pictures' and
so the web (html) developed a stage further.
Putting it at the
Putting it at the simplest level, I think the question is: given that Flash
can be a powerful tool, and that it is sufficiently liked/desired to be
given serious consideration, why do we have this song and dance to
incorporate it into otherwise valid/compliant documents?
Until Flash becomes
designer
Putting it at the simplest level, I think the question is:
given that Flash
can be a powerful tool, and that it is sufficiently
liked/desired to be
given serious consideration, why do we have this song and dance to
incorporate it into otherwise valid/compliant documents?
I
Prabhath Sirisena
Until Flash becomes an open specification, we'll have the song and
dance. Making it an open spec won't happen because Adobe won't really
benifit from the deal.
Depends on the definition of open specification, I guess. Macromedia
have released the format spec publicly under
Depends on the definition of open specification, I guess.
Exactly. I was using the term open as in Free and Open Source.
And as you mentioned, Flash satay is as close as you can get to
keeping the code clean - sticking to the object tag and relying on the
cascade.
Prabhath
http://nidahas.com
Prabhath Sirisena wrote:
Until Flash becomes an open specification, we'll have the song and
dance. Making it an open spec won't happen because Adobe won't really
benifit from the deal.
Prabhath
http://nidahas.com
I don't think it has to be an open specification at all. It can remain
closed
