- From: <Philip.Gonzales@dtn.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 11:48:45 -0600
- To: Lance Dyas <ldyas@microimages.com>
- Cc: www-svg@w3.org
For item #3: Take a look at Flash Generator Developer Edition. It allows
some pretty low-level programming in JAVA.
I agree that each of these technologies is filling a niche of its own.
-- Philip G.
Lance Dyas
<ldyas@microi To: TOa2671644@aol.com
mages.com> cc: www-svg@w3.org
Sent by: Subject: Re: SVG's mertis versus SMIL and Flash5
www-svg-reque
st@w3.org
02/27/01
11:17 AM
TOa2671644@aol.com wrote:
> Has anyone thoughts about the relative merits of the rival technologies:
SVG,
> SMIL, Flash5? I am interested in expressed views.
>
> I have written demos using all of these technologies, now, and have found
the
> following:
>
> 1. SVG has good interactive features, but limited audio (no streaming)
and
> security (source code is visible).
This visible source also allows it to be searched and categorized on the
internet
and is considered a feature ;-)
> 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.
Flash 5s activescript scripting is approaching javascript in form and style
so
its
programmability is actually pretty good.
Received on Tuesday, 27 February 2001 12:51:13 UTC