- From: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 07:09:22 +0000 (GMT)
- To: www-svg@w3.org
Scooter Morris <scooter@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote: > graphics with animation and interactivity, /and a set of APIs upon > which to build graphics-based applications/. This document specifies To me, it seems that SVG has become the specification of a product, basically in the Flash marketplace, rather than a final form graphics interchange format. The concentration on the mobile market also probably indicates a search for product opportunity. That seems to represent a move from a sale of tooling based business model to a sale of clients model. There clearly is a need for tooling, though, given the people using the argument that certain features must be used in the client because the only way of authoring is to code the SVG and then see what the client does with it. The requirement for a Windows Metafile equivalent for HTML web pages is still not being met, so line diagrams for the general public still have to be done as GIF (and may be done as JPG, because of general ignorance - people also use bit maps in PDF, for graphs and diagrams!). The failure to meet this requirement is a comnbination of educational failings and commercial vested interests (authors of content rich diagrams aren't being educated about vector images and support doesn't exist out of the box on most PCs). > list. I will freely admit that Ian Hixie's unfortunate initial response I think, though, that you are agreeing with his general position.
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