Chris, Adobe does talk about general technology vision (e.g., the Apollo version of combining PDF, Flash and HTML), but unfortunately we still often hold back information about specific product releases. This is partly because we aren't always sure ourselves about what features will ship with particular product releases until the very end of the product cycle. I have seen many features, indeed some products, yanked late in product cycles. Because of this, my statement from earlier today might end us as the most complete expression of Adobe's product plans with regard to SVG until specific product announcements appear.
But one little bit of information I can share is that I have verified what I expected and seems so obvious - Illustrator's plans regarding SVG have not changed as a result of the acquisition. There will be enhancements to its SVG support in its next release (but I can't say which ones) and no SVG features will be dropped. Jon -----Original Message----- From: Chris Lilley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 9:58 AM To: Jon Ferraiolo Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [svg-developers] Re: Adobe/Macromedia On Wednesday, December 7, 2005, 4:41:05 PM, Jon wrote: JF> At this point, Adobe has no plans to do anything which would disrupt any JF> ASV3 installations or dependencies on ASV3 downloads. If we come out JF> with new viewing technology which includes SVG support, we will be JF> highly sensitive towards the needs of SVG applications that are JF> installed in the field today. I also want to say that Adobe's primary JF> attitude towards SVG is fully positive: it represents a market JF> opportunity for our products and a technology opportunity when we are JF> looking for an XML representation of 2D graphics. Although the FAQ only JF> mentioned SVG on mobile devices, that was meant solely as a positive JF> acknowledgement of SVG momentum in the mobile space and was *not* meant JF> to imply anything negative about SVG in the desktop space. Thanks for the positive statement, Jon. Now that the merger is finalized I'm sure the SVG developer community will be looking for authoritative information on how Adobe positions itself wrt SVG; clear statements are much better than a lack of information. -- Chris Lilley mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Chair, W3C SVG Working Group W3C Graphics Activity Lead Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/KIlPFB/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/
