FLASH: SVG, flash killer? what?

[Paul Hagwood]

Right now I work at IBM (but currently looking for

something else) and I can tell you it doesn't surprise

me that people would be saying that SVG is a "Flash

Killer". I have fought and fought and fought to use

flash on IBM sites. If you go to most IBM sites,

you'll see that there is little to no flash. (boo

hoo). The best I've been able to do is a semi-online

demo (you need someone to guide you through it, which

they do at trade shows) you can see that at

http://swaydemo.dfw.ibm.com/connected/

But back to SVG, here is why I don't think it will

kill flash:

1. They want it to work without a plug-in. Never going

to happen. Why? Because if Netscape supports it, IE

will support it differently, it's almost like a

requirement with those idiots.

2. From what I understand of SVG, it will require

javascript for interactivity and animation. That will

never work for the same reason as #1.

3. Also, when and if Netscape and IE ever do support a

format, then it will be years before we can use it.


I think the reason people are excited about this is it

allows for things like searchable text and more

programmer control, but it doesn't do what flash does.

I think they are also excited because it (from what I

hear) works with pervasive devises. But all the things

that SVG "might" do, flash could also possibly do. The

difference is, we are already using flash and people

are getting used to seeing flash content on the web. 


SVG will be exactly the same as DHTML. Big hype, but

nobody is using it. That's my prediction. But even if

it does catch on, who is to say that it will kill

flash? Has Flash killed HTML? Has anything killed

HTML? Can't we all just get along? *SMILE*




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Paul Hagwood

Multimedia Illustrator

http://www.mindspring.com/~hagwood2

http://www.satyrinteractive.com

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