> Geoff Deering > >True, but that does mean that the W3C is in a position to release > >a spec for the *format*. > > I can't see what the point is. The W3C has no control over > Java or many > other technologies that are proprietry or closed, but that > does not stop > them from becoming or meeting W3C standards or compliance.
Geoff, don't misunderstand me. I'm not advocating that only W3C technologies should be used, and that Flash is in any way bad. I was merely replying to the "do the W3C have specs for Flash" question that was originally posted. I see your point (unless I'm misunderstanding): the W3C should provide standard and compliance requirements for any type of content, be it Java, Flash, PDF, etc But this does seem well beyond the W3C's remit, and yes it goes against their utopian "but we have all these wonderful technologies of our own...SMIL/SVG/co" view. > And another thing, the effort developer put into dealing with this is > not recipricated, in my view, by many of the companies > producing the tools. Very true. Patrick ________________________________ Patrick H. Lauke Webmaster / University of Salford http://www.salford.ac.uk ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
