Re: IE 5.5 and SMIL

This was exactly my reaction to the Ms-Time 'standard' that they are hyping.
Maybe the W3C committee is taking kick-backs from MS these days.

In my position, my job is to make sure that these types of things work with
Any Browser/Viewer, not just in microsoft's little world.

Unacceptable, and yet Oh-SO-consistent with Microsoft's current
anti-open-source war they are raging.

Mike Wuetherick
Technical Director
ChiselMedia

> Subject: IE 5.5 and SMIL
>
>
> > Extremely BAD way proprietary solution. Using proprietary processing
> > instructions it seems, that MS wants to evaluate MS IE as some kind or
> > server application, when systems don't work in any othe browser:
> >
> > MS IE 5.5:
> > <html xmlns:t ="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:time" >
> >    <head>
> >    <style>
> >       .time { behavior: url(#default#time2) }
> >    </style>
> > <?IMPORT namespace="t" implementation="#default#time2">
> >    </head>
> > <body>
> > ...
> > <t:par>
> > <img class="time" begin="0" dur="3" timeAction="display"
src="Seattle.jpg"
> > style="height=150; width=300" />
> > <div class="time" begin="0" dur="3" timeAction="display">Seattle</div>
> > </t:par>
> >  </body>
> >    </html>
> >
> > Recommended syntax - embedded SMIL:
> > <html ...>
> > ...
> > <smil ... xmlns="...">
> >    <img id="foo" .../>
> >    <audio begin="foo.example:focusInEvent".../>
> >     ...
> > </smil>
> > ...
> > </html>
> >
> > or a module, which has additional attributes:
> >
> >
> > or a module with its additional attributes:
> >
> > ...
> > <span timeAction="visibility" begin="3s" dur="5s">
> > Show this text for a short period.
> > </span>
> >
> > By using a plugin, there is not problems. But is there any free well
> working
> > plugin for SMIL 2.0.
> >
> > Why W3C should advertise this kinds of systems, which purpose it just
help
> > MS to destroy the possibilities of other browsers to work!
> >
> > IF someone doesn't do anything, Internet is the private business of MS.
Is
> > THIS the purpose!
> > ------------------------------------------------------
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> >
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> > ------------------------------------------------------
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> > http://www.nic.fi/~tapio1/index.html (Finnish)
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> > ------------------------------------------------------
>
>

Received on Monday, 12 March 2001 22:24:40 UTC