John Dowdell wrote: > SMIL is just a specification -- abstract. We can see it when it is > rendered by a particular engine. > ---------- Yes, I've only seen it rendered in ASV 3, 6 and Opera. But my observation remains consistent across all implementations I've seen. I suppose it has to do with how the engine sends events to the browser. ----------- > (The question "why might the timing appear screwy with SMIL?" sounds > strange to me, but questions about the Real implementation, or some > other implementation, might be able to be answered. Even then it helps > to look at multiple files on multiple machines, in order to get beyond > the particulars to the general.) ----------- Some head to head comparisons may be viewed at (for example)
http://srufaculty.sru.edu/david.dailey/svg/cliprotate.svg (SMIL) vs. http://marble.sru.edu/~ddailey/svg/embedrotate.html (JavaScript) http://srufaculty.sru.edu/david.dailey/svg/feMorphologyDilate.svg (SMIL) vs. http://marble.sru.edu/~ddailey/svg/embedmorph.html (JavaScript) or http://srufaculty.sru.edu/david.dailey/svg/stopOpacity.svg( SMIL) vs. http://marble.sru.edu/~ddailey/svg/embedmask.html (JavaScript) All of these use features not yet implemented in Opera, I believe, so effectively, we're talking only about ASV in IE (in my case running in Windows (98, 2000 or XP)-- I hear (rumor only) that window.setTimeout is still slightly broken in IE for Macintosh. I remember looking at some simpler things in Opera and thinking "alas, it's true there too", though I can't put my fingers on a proper example. I have made some smooth SMIL animations that run in IE, provided the animation doesn't involve complex filters, clips or other fancier stuff. dd ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/1U_rlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----- 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/
