SMIL versus SVG and Flash5

• From: <TOa2671644@aol.com>
• Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 00:30:36 EST
• To: www-smil@w3.org
• Message-ID: <27.11f14f6f.27cc957c@aol.com>

Has anyone thoughts about the relative merits of the rival technologies: 
SMIL, SVG, Flash5? I am interested in expressed views.

I have written demos using all of these technologies, now, and have found the 
following:

1. SMIL has very limited interactive features (proof: Realnetworks promo for 
SMIL is written in Flash5!), but good audio features and security.

2. SVG has good interactive features, but limited audio (no streaming) and 
security (source code is visible). 

3. Flash5 has good security, audio and interactive features, but is expensive 
and is not a programming language, and therefore we are limited to 
developments at Macromedia.

Thank you.  

Received on Tuesday, 27 February 2001 00:31:19 UTC