> >Another option for graphics on the fly would be MING (LGPL)....(a PHP
> >library that generates Flash content)
> >
> >The advantage of MING is that you don't need an SVG viewer anymore. One
> >research I read (forgot where) mentioned that 90% of Netscape browsers
> >already have the Flash viewer.
>
>Is Flash on a standard track in any way? XML-based? I'm one of the
>persons to always say no to pop up windows that offer to install yet
>another plug-in for a proprietory format. Is there a plug-in for Flash
>that runs on Linux?
Hi Bud,
Honestly -- I don't really know :)
I do remember a pop-up that asked me to install the Flash viewer (on Win
95) and it did so on the fly wihtout restarting the browser or downloading
an executable (unlike SVG). I like SVG because it is truly open (XML). But
I think the API for the Flash is easy enough to understand (as evidenced by
Ming). Both Ming and SVG are vector-based and it would be nice if Ming
developers can extend it to detect the viewer available on the client. Then
all you have to know is how to write one PHP script and you're
graphic-ready for both SVG and Flash...
Applications (wish-list) will be for anesthesia-ICU just-in-time vital
signs, room assignments, office resource management, lab results(?)...
alvin
