Comments on: OSCON 2006: No Flash Required: Interactive Browser Graphics http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/29/oscon-2006-no-flash-required-interactive-browser-graphics/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:47:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Internet Marketing http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/29/oscon-2006-no-flash-required-interactive-browser-graphics/#comment-761879 Internet Marketing Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:29:17 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=1658#comment-761879 i must say Why the heck would anyone bother with SVG and VML when Flash is easily available for almost every platform and every browser? There’s a plethora of cheap easy-to-use tools out there that will produce interactive swfs, so what’s the attraction? www.jeffpaulportal.com i must say Why the heck would anyone bother with SVG and VML when Flash is easily available for almost every platform and every browser? There’s a plethora of cheap easy-to-use tools out there that will produce interactive swfs, so what’s the attraction?
http://www.jeffpaulportal.com

]]> By: Danjo_Hart http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/29/oscon-2006-no-flash-required-interactive-browser-graphics/#comment-42102 Danjo_Hart Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:22:42 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=1658#comment-42102 I hope to use VML soon, (my audience is IE only).. BUT.. at the same time prepare for future use of the data by such applications as SVG and Flash. So I hope by putting all my data in XML first, then displaying in VML, I will be allowing myself the room I need for a future redesign of the data in something *besides* VML. Any hurdles I may need to cross? I hope to use VML soon, (my audience is IE only).. BUT.. at the same time prepare for future use of the data by such applications as SVG and Flash.

So I hope by putting all my data in XML first, then displaying in VML, I will be allowing myself the room I need for a future redesign of the data in something *besides* VML.

Any hurdles I may need to cross?

]]> By: Kevin Yank http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/29/oscon-2006-no-flash-required-interactive-browser-graphics/#comment-42061 Kevin Yank Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:53:18 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=1658#comment-42061 what_the, The problem with Flash is that it's a technology under the control of a single commercial entity. When you write to Flash, you put yourself at the mercy of Adobe's commercial interests. The fact that there is still no up-to-date Flash Player for Linux, for example, although Adobe keeps promising it is coming soon, is a result of this situation. With open standards like SVG, you get the assurance that the availability of a technology does not hinge on the decisions of a single commercial entity, because these standards can always be reimplemented independently. Flash has so many dependencies on proprietary codecs that it would be impossible to produce a free (as in freedom) implementation. what_the,

The problem with Flash is that it’s a technology under the control of a single commercial entity. When you write to Flash, you put yourself at the mercy of Adobe’s commercial interests. The fact that there is still no up-to-date Flash Player for Linux, for example, although Adobe keeps promising it is coming soon, is a result of this situation.

With open standards like SVG, you get the assurance that the availability of a technology does not hinge on the decisions of a single commercial entity, because these standards can always be reimplemented independently.

Flash has so many dependencies on proprietary codecs that it would be impossible to produce a free (as in freedom) implementation.

]]> By: what_the http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/29/oscon-2006-no-flash-required-interactive-browser-graphics/#comment-42054 what_the Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:49:57 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=1658#comment-42054 Why the heck would anyone bother with SVG and VML when Flash is easily available for almost every platform and every browser? There's a plethora of cheap easy-to-use tools out there that will produce interactive swfs, so what's the attraction? Why the heck would anyone bother with SVG and VML when Flash is easily available for almost every platform and every browser? There’s a plethora of cheap easy-to-use tools out there that will produce interactive swfs, so what’s the attraction?

]]> By: dojo.foo » Catch All http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/29/oscon-2006-no-flash-required-interactive-browser-graphics/#comment-41935 dojo.foo » Catch All Wed, 02 Aug 2006 02:51:48 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=1658#comment-41935 [...] Gavin Doughtie and Jon Stewart gave a great overview of the current state of vector 2D APIs in browsers these days, including Gavin’s hard work on the new dojo.gfx namespace. [...] […] Gavin Doughtie and Jon Stewart gave a great overview of the current state of vector 2D APIs in browsers these days, including Gavin’s hard work on the new dojo.gfx namespace. […]

]]> By: dojo.foo » SVG and Dojo at OSCON http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/29/oscon-2006-no-flash-required-interactive-browser-graphics/#comment-41489 dojo.foo » SVG and Dojo at OSCON Mon, 31 Jul 2006 01:47:27 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=1658#comment-41489 [...] SitePoint has a nice entry about Gavin’s SVG and Dojo talk from OSCON. (slides) [...] […] SitePoint has a nice entry about Gavin’s SVG and Dojo talk from OSCON. (slides) […]

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