Hi, Jim- I don't work for Adobe or Microsoft, but the following is my best information.
Jim wrote: > > I just read that Adobe has decided to redact their decision to make > the Adobe SVG Viewer go end-of-life, but I cannot find that in > writing on Adobe's website. I believe this is a myth. Has anyone > heard about this information or disinformation? Adobe will discontinue support for ASV as of January 1, 2008. This has not changed. It means that they will not provide any customer support (technical or otherwise) or produce software updates from that time forward. It is not clear whether they will provide critical security updates or egregious bug fixes before that time. What has changed is the availability of the plug-in for download. Previously, they stated that as of January 1, 2008, ASV would no longer be available for download. They have now stated that they no longer plan to remove the viewer from their downloads page. From their FAQ (in PDF, of course) [1]: "When will Adobe remove ASV from the download area? 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." > I think that keeping ASV on the Adobe site (down the road) > constitutes support for ASV... Not really. Many organizations will not allow "unsupported" software on their intranet or networked computers, as they don't want to take the risk that it could screw something up with no recourse to a solution. So, simply making it available for download is not "support". > Also, is this disinformation or has someone heard that IE will offer > native support for SVGs in IE 7.2? Microsoft has no plans to add features to dot-releases of IE. IE7.2, if there is one, will only be bug fixes. However, IE8 is apparently under design or development, and there is some chance that IE will support SVG natively in IE8 or 9. They've stated in the past that they are interested in doing so, but big companies work in mysterious ways, and there has been no official announcement. [1] http://www.adobe.com/svg/pdfs/ASV_EOL_FAQ.pdf 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/
