Hi, Richard- My experience with Dojo is not all that comprehensive, and like you, I'm just starting to look into Dojo2D (I'd exchanged emails with Gavin Doughtie, but only on a preliminary level). But I'll answer your questions as best I can.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Thanks, at least there are some options but correct me if i'm wrong, Dojo2D > interpretes SVG into VML for IE That is the current plan, yes. > and if its FF, Opera, Safari it would not > need to use Dojo, or if it did it would be output as SVG. Well, the whole point of using Dojo is that you would be using Dojo's abstracted layer, so you wouldn't make 2 codebases, one with SVG and one with the Dojo2D framework... you would simply use Dojo, and it would deliver the content in a way that the browser understands. > What would happen if IE get rid of VML? Theoretically, Dojo could then change its low-level code to target whatever vector-format *is* available in IE, and you wouldn't have to change your high-level code. Maybe it would render it as Flash, or XAML, or best case, SVG if IE substituted VML for SVG or if a common plug-in were available. Worst-case scenario, they could raterize it on the server, perhaps, and deliver static PNGs (or even animated MNGs, if they were supported). Some small level of interactivity could even be preserved by using on-the-fly imagemaps. Naturally, this would take time and a reworking of the open-source Dojo2D library, but I'm sure that MS will not abandon VML without fair warning (then again, I didn't think Adobe would give such short notice either). > Im reading up on Dojo just to get an idea but would welcome your comments on > the above as you have some experience in this area. But let me close by saying that while looking into other options is prudent (I'm doing it myself), there's actually a lot that can happen in 4 months, and even more in a year and 4 months. It's not like the SVG implementors would be starting from scratch. There are suitable SVG viewers out there that need only to be adapted as IE plug-ins. Regards- -Doug ----- 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
