RE: FLASH: SVG?

[Arcanus]

Damien Morton professes these profundities to all:


>Im not sure that I agree with you on this. Yes, there is a bloat factor, but

>no, I dont really want to have all kinds of applications popping up in order

>to view a variety of content.


I don't know that that necessarily follows, or that is the only way to 

go. I do know the application of technology for technology's sake to 

every major site is more of a pain in the butt to me. I know that 

vertical applications tend to better, particularly early on in the 

life-cycle--I would prefer to use Flash for developing vector animations 

than Illustrator, I would prefer to use After Effects for video work 

than, say, PhotoShop. Same for content viewing--products like HotLine and 

ICQ largely operate independently from any of kind of web based delivery, 

with their own forms of name resolution, navigation and so on. ICQ 

performs better than any web-based chat I've been to . . .


But, if may just be that designers are too eager to push every form of 

content available, not unlike the newsletters in the mid-80s that used 

every available typeface. Appropriate application of content might 

prejudice me less towards vertical applications . . . i.e., if I am 

shopping at an etailer every word and picture doesn't have to (and I 

would prefer that it didn't) jump around the screen and make noises, and 

I would prefer menus be plain HTML links rather than clunky Java or DHTM 

drop-downs that work only spottily.


>When I go to a site and they link to a PDF

>document, Im gratefull that I can see it embedded in my browser rather than

>having a new window pop up. 


There is a strong argument for this, and it is certainly where everything 

seems to be headed and eventually the browser layer will probably be 

efficient and forgiving enough that it's much like an OS--all sorts of 

things run on top of it, and it would make no more sense to have vertical 

applications for viewing content than it does to boot from a separate OS 

for your 3D work when you're done with your PhotoShop work.


>If Macromedia had distributed Flash as a separate application - an adjunct

>to your browser rather than a semaless plug-in, I doubt that it would have

>spread as far and wide as it has.


I dunno. Depends on what kind of alternatives were available for the 

browsers. OTOH, the QuickTime TV thing operates independently of the 

browser as does the RealPlayer, but each features browser plug-ins and 

integration as well. No reason why both fields couldn't be played.


>In the mid-80s, when the desktop publishing industry was

>getting started, you could see the same phenomenon where designers went

>crazy with their newfound ability to drop a million fonts onto their page.

>That died down pretty quickly. 


That's what I'm hoping for. The thing is, too, is that often those snazzy 

Flash intros that were so cool 2 years ago look kind of sad in comparison 

to what people are doing today. So if you don't update your site a lot, 

your nifty Flash intro can date you pretty quick.


Cheers,


Kevin S. Willis

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