--- In [email protected], "domenico_strazzullo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OT but somehow related: I don't know how long the updated svg page > at Adobe has been on, but it states "Adobe has taken a leadership > role in the development of the SVG specification and continues to > ensure that its authoring tools are SVG compatible." Isn't Flash an > authoring tool? Am I reading too much in between the lines? No > distinction in the page between SVGT and base. Also, under Products- > >Web Publishing, in the "Web development and production" > section: "Adobe SVG Viewer (link) is the free browser plug-in that > lets you experience the next generation of data-driven, interactive, > and personalized graphics on the web." >
That web text is years old when SVG was in its pre-natal infancy. Now SVG is in its ... "toddler-hood" ? :) My take on this is that Adobe has simply not updated their website with any meaningful information about their stance on SVG since the acquisition of Macromedia. However, post-acquisition, John Ferraiolo (Adobe) has stated in this newsgroup that "Adobe's primary attitude towards SVG is fully positive" (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/message/53433). We also know that FlashLite supports SVG-T, so presumably authoring tools will continue to support some form of SVG. Let's face it though: the Adobe SVG Viewer becomes less relevant day-by-day as modern browsers begin to implement the standard natively. Will Adobe release new versions of the ASV browser plugin? Personally, I doubt it. Their focus is now Flash, I'm sure of that. However, I wonder if Adobe has considered including SVG support within the Flash browser plugin. If that happened how would browsers distinguish who should render the SVG? Anyway, we also know that IE8 and beyond will support some form of interactive XML vector graphics (WPF/E), the question is whether Microsoft will support SVG in any way. Was SVG mentioned at all during MIX06, does anyone know? Some folks are working on VML-to-SVG, though. Keep your eye on this blog: http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/ ----- 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/
