I'm happy today! And I'm happy that Adobe shows as an example to other corporations that it can follow a commercial strategy while still showing sensitivity to a certain type of philosophy, which is more in tune with their traditional image. Adobe is not among the ugly ones.
Happy that people like Mr. Ferraiolo can, and choose to, now publicly open their thoughts that add extra heavy load to our requests. Maybe, in the light of statements and understatements, now we can have ASV donated?... Domenico --- In [email protected], "Andreas Neumann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Pat, > > This is very good news. Thanks! > > I agree, however, with Jon, that Adobe should at least maintain ASV3 > for say another 2-3 years until IE has native SVG support. This > includes making sure that it properly works in IE7 and Windows Vista > and fixing a few pressing issues, like supporting .getScreenCTM(), > cursors and fixing bugs where ASV violates the SVG specifications. > Thats a responsibility that Adobe really should take. Please note > that I am not asking for new features (like SVG 1.2), but for bug > fixes and filling gaps where ASV really falls behind other SVG 1.1 > implementations. I would be happy to contribute a list of issues that > really should be addressed. > > ASV is not that important for other browsers, in my opinion, since > they already have native SVG support which is not perfect yet, but > gradually improving. Making ASV available for those browsers would > remove pressure on the browser vendors to properly support SVG > natively. > > Thanks a lot Pat, best wishes and thanks for considering my request, > Andreas > > --- In [email protected], "Paton J. > Lewis" <paton_lewis@> wrote: > > > > In response to customer feedback, Adobe has extended download > > availability once again for Adobe SVG Viewer. > > > > Adobe does not currently have plans to remove Adobe SVG Viewer from > > the Adobe.com download area. Adobe recognizes that customers have > > built Web applications that depend on ASV being available for > > download, and although Adobe does not plan to develop ASV further, > we > > plan for the existing versions to be available for download as long > > as our customers rely on them. > > > > For the official announcement, please see http://www.adobe.com/svg/ > > eol.html > > > > Pat > > > ----- 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/
