Ahoy, On Tuesday 10 October 2006 02:32, Alex Hudson wrote: > The browser + SVG + JS thing is really appealing - the point Jon > mentioned about it actually being a natural part of the web page in > particular is a good one; a plugin can never achieve that level of > integration. > > It hasn't really happened for a number of reasons: the standards are all > somewhat new (particularly the object model that an SVG renderer > presents to the Javascript software which tweaks the running animation), > and it's also pretty horribly complex to do. > > The main issue though, and one which the FSF have to some extent > ignored, is that there are virtually _no_ Flash animation tools that are > even vaguely free software.
Well there was this project, which could presumably be resurrected: http://f4l.sourceforge.net It would also be interesting if somebody made a tool that produced the SVG+JS output instead of a SWF file (ideally both). That would at least mean that webmasters could produce both in some instances and provide users with the option. Regards, Tom -- The struggle against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting - Kundera _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
