justsmil News August 6

To save you checking justsmil.com every other day,
I decided to send out the news page every time it's
updated.

It's not a job I want to keep for long, though, so
if there's a volunteer that wants to take over - Tim ?

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Just SMIL: Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
   JustSMIL: SMIL Status Light
   
   The SMIL Status Light
   Green Light Rationale:
   Cool tools available.
   More press coverage.
   Neat demos.
   Hey, go make them SMIL!
   
   [INLINE] Web Techniques Covers SMIL
   
   Updated August 6, 1998
   More positive press for SMIL! The September issue of [1]Web Techniques
   carries an excellent SMIL introduction for the Web authoring masses.
   Larry Bouthillier's accompanying [2]SMIL site features the source
   files from his article.
   
   [3]Veon Inc has posted a public beta version of their V-Active for
   RealSystem G2 authoring tool. It allows developers to visually define
   SMIL layouts and build the presentations (including generating RealPix
   and RealText). The authoring tool also encodes RealVideo files from
   popular video formats and allows you to define hotspots in the video
   using their auto-tracking feature. Check the [4]V-Active Web site for
   more details.
   
   Veon has also announced their much awaited Veon Activation Server is
   in non-public beta. The Veon Activation Server dynamically generates
   SMIL from a relational database. That's cool! If you are interested in
   taking part in this limited non-public beta, contact [5]Josh Kahn,
   Veon Product Manager .
   
   Catch the [6]XML Developer's Conference that is being held on August
   20-21 in Montreal, Canada. Lloyd Rutledge of CWI will be giving a
   [7]presentation on SMIL. The conference immediately follows the
   [8]Metastructures 98 conference where Lloyd is also giving a SMIL
   tutorial. Can't make it to Montreal? The CWI [9]step-by-step SMIL
   tutorial is now listed in the [10]Guides section.
   
   According to RealNetworks, [11]3.5 million RealPlayers were downloaded
   in July. While that count includes all of their players, it is still a
   good sign for those authoring SMIL for G2.
   
   And if you speak Portuguese, a new SMIL discussion list has just
   started. To subscribe send a message to
   [12]majordomo@flash-brasil.com.br. Use "subscribe smil-br" for the
   content of your message. If you don't speak Portuguese (or even if you
   do), please stop in and say hello in the [13]SMILZone. We're running
   SMILZone Lite right now but you can get an early start for when the
   full bulletin board system opens up.
   
   Hey, go make 'em SMIL!
   
   Tim Kennedy
   Publisher - Just SMIL
   
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References

   1. http://www.webtechniques.com/
   2. http://www.people.hbs.edu/lbouthillier/smil/
   3. http://www.veon.com/
   4. http://www.veon.com/products/vars_beta.htm
   5. mailto:josh@veon.com
   6. http://www.gca.org/conf/xmldev98/
   7. http://www.gca.org/conf/xmldev98/lloyd.htm
   8. http://www.gca.org/conf/meta98/
   9. http://www.cwi.nl/GRiNS/examples/index.html
  10. http://www.justsmil.com/smilnow/html/guides.html
  11. http://nt.excite.com/news/pr/980806/wa-realntwk-realplyer
  12. mailto:majordomo@flash-brasil.com.br
  13. http://www.justsmil.com/Zone.html
  14. http://www.justsmil.com/smilnow/html/info.html
  15. http://www.justsmil.com/smilnow/html/tools.html
  16. http://www.justsmil.com/smilnow/html/guides.html
  17. http://www.justsmil.com/Zone.html
  18. http://www.justsmil.com/smilnow/html/gallery.html
  19. mailto:info@webphd.com
  20. http://www.justsmil.com/smilnow/html/takejsmil.html
  21. http://www.real.com/g2/products/player/index.html

  

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