> I was talking to an IT guy today who thinks that Microsoft will NOT > offer native support of SVGs - down the road.
and how is backing this "IT guy" his argument? Out of a feeling? I am pretty sure that MS will one day support SVG. They repeatedly stated that SVG is an accepted web standard that they are looking into implementing. The question is when? > Since Adobe will discontinue support for their SVG viewer, I am > wondering if I should abandon SVGs for Flash? Why is Adobe This really depends on the application. If you are not dealing with large amounts of graphics, if it is just for UI, I would rather go with an Ajax toolkit like dojo or others out there. If you need a lot of graphics (CAD, mapping) and want to deliver for IE, flash or Java might be a good option. > discontinuing support for the SVG viewer? Will they release that thats pretty obvious. Now that they own Flash they don't want any competition from other formats. > code as open source? ASV, in my opinion, is a fantastic viewer for no, they won't release ASV source code. > SVGs. I like Opera's native support of SVGs, but right now, I have > to focus on what my customers will use and they are using IE. Does > anyone have some insight into this matter? Well, if they can install Flash, they can also install other browsers, can't they. Opera on Windows is slightly larger than the Flash and ASV plugin and contains the better browser. Firefox is also gaining grounds rapidly, even in a lot of corporations and certainly in many european countries. In Germany as an example, Firefox could soon end up as the most popular browser. Its already in the 30% range. Using alternative browsers also gives them extra security. Andreas ----- 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/
