FLASH: Re: SVG vs. Flash

[Daniel Brown]

> Lets be clear.  SVG does require a plug-in.  No browser developer that I am

> aware of has made any public statements about ever building it into the

> browser.  Microsoft has VML in their browser.  Perhaps they will, but there

> has been no indication of this that I am aware of. I am not sure why some

> folks seem to assume this will happen. Furthermore, because it is dependent

> on the browser DOM for interactivity, it is less than fully functional when

> implemented as a plug-in.  The Plug-In on the Adobe site at present is over

> 2 megabytes.


Well, one of the best reasons to actually propose a STANDARD to the W3C is

to have it built into the browsers. There is also no reason to believe that

building SVG into browsers wouldn't happen.


As for the size of the plug-in, you seem to have missed the point of my

original post. SVG isn't designed to compete with Flash any more than a

300-MEG CMYK Photoshop file competes with a GIF. Two different critters.


This is a Flash list so let's focus on that. We certainly are.


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