On 4/13/06, Jeff Schiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- 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/
OT & FYI Two F100 companies in Houston, Tx (one Oil and one Air-line) are hiring developers to convert ALL FLASH base intranet to standard HTML. Citing reason on ActiveX, MS Vs EOLOAS Saga. . . . Are they know something from MS' preps that We don't know of? Phi. ----- > 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 > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ----- 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/
