This thread was on my mind again, and as I was trying to figure out if there was a way to write to Adobe about its policy (since my students still need the SVG viewer sometimes), I thought I really oughta reread what the policy (accessible through Adobe SVG Viewer End of Life FAQ <http://www.adobe.com/svg/pdfs/ASV_EOL_FAQ.pdf> . - I hope that link works when pasted like this) actually says:
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 I knew that already but as the year ticks, along I found myself getting nervous. So, for my purposes that means utterly no change in Adobe's stance for the past n years for some n greater than zero. I'm such an enthusiast. My guess is that companies are going to be tripping over one another to talk up their SVG support within a year. David From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John C. Turnbull Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 4:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [svg-developers] SVG support in IE I am trying to determine the exact state of SVG support in Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 and beyond. It seems that for IE 6 and 7 there is only Adobe SVG Viewer which, according to Adobe, is not going to be around beyond 2009 and may indeed not even be available after then for downloading. There was some talk that IE 8 would include native SVG support but clearly the rise of Silverlight has blown away that idea in a classic Microsoft "You will use only our technology" move. So where does that leave SVG developers? Is it a major concern that SVG support in what is by far the most popular browser may only exist until 2009? Almost all the other major browser vendors are ramping up their SVG support in a positive move and perhaps this will increase the market position of those browsers but we can't escape the fact that most people out there are using IE. Any comments? Perhaps there are other SVG support environments for IE that I don't know about? Thanks, -JCT [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [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/ <*> 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/
