Andreas, you'll need IE5.5+ to get vml. This app is crazy fast with little effort within ie. Sug: the little gifs are ready on server + iexplorer gives them the ability to present this glossy responsive ui. (DirectX image processing , vml graphing, info bubble, etcpp., with transparency all over the place...) (Not worth mentioning ie doesn't rasterize vml for printing.)
Doug mapping apps are quite often about request+instant response: I cannot see any sensible usecase concerning flash. I guess the google workload concerning the result rendering (following db query) is moderate. After all, they're using a simple convincing design. Same thing has been tried with svg many times. Many times it got spoiled by unacceptable performance, workarounds leading to cluttered design, complicated plugin/browser integration and fragmentary printing support (add custom act of desperation here...). Svg is not to blame for it. If Svg wouldn't be there, MS vml would have become apparent all over the place? My point: Googlemaps implemented in svg would have been the killer showcase for svg. It's odds on that it is not going to happen.. Regards Paul PS: Google is a great company, still they cannot ignore their user base. Companies hardly turn down money on religious browser questions? --- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, "Andreas Neumann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > No bash, just an encouragement for the ambitious svg gis mapper: > > Google maps ( maps.google.com/maps ) is quite impressive!? > > Of course they don't use svg. > > But- GOOGLE PUTS VML on the stove:-O > > where do they use VML? can't find any, except in the header ... > > > You bet it's going to be no svg but xaml sooner or later... > > I guess not, since Google is a Unix/Linux shop all over ... > > Andreas ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
