Re: [svg-developers] MAX2005: Some Flash stuff ...and something about the Ele...

2005-10-21 Thread John Dowdell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The link didn't have much meat about why the Macromedia CEO isn't scared of > Sparkle, I note. I wonder if he had a solid-fronted podium so that the > audience couldn't see his knees knocking? :) People were actually walking around on the stage, no podium. ;-) (I ha

RE: [svg-developers] MAX2005: Some Flash stuff ...and something about the Ele...

2005-10-21 Thread Jerrold Maddox
My view has been that SVGs potential is not as a Flash killer, but but a way to create documents that get the best out of XHTML, PDF and Flash - a very effective way to present information efficiently, appropriately and gracefully, which none of these three formats do now . What is wrong with

RE: [svg-developers] MAX2005: Some Flash stuff ...and something about the Ele...

2005-10-21 Thread Doug Schepers
Perhaps it's optimistic of me, but I keep thinking that one of the goals of SVG was to be a vector-graphics interchange format. Not a Flash-killer, not a Sparkle-desparkler, but as an open-standard shared medium that IDEs for each could export to. Sure, there are features that are specific to each

Re: [svg-developers] MAX2005: Some Flash stuff ...and something about the Ele...

2005-10-21 Thread david dailey
At 07:25 AM 10/21/2005, Ronan wrote: >I wonder increasingly if our little world won't realign itself from SVG vs MM >to SVG + MM vs WMF. I think if I were calling the shots for Adobe I would make SVG and Flash as allied and integrated as possible. If I were calling the shots for Microsoft, I wou

Re: [svg-developers] MAX2005: Some Flash stuff ...and something about the Ele...

2005-10-21 Thread AndrewWatt2001
In a message dated 21/10/2005 12:26:35 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I wonder increasingly if our little world won't realign itself from SVG vs MM to SVG + MM vs WMF. Yes, Ronan, I think some realignment is likely. I see some almighty battles as likely/possible: e.g.

Re: [svg-developers] MAX2005: Some Flash stuff ...and something about the Ele...

2005-10-21 Thread Ronan Oger
Andrew, [irrelevant] WPF. s/P/T/ ? ;-) Well, it was a keynote. The future is great. Everything is fine. I agree, there was not much meat. Maybe the keynote transcript is published somewhere with more...? If so, I am sure our MM friends will happily pass it on to us. This is obviously a dange

Re: [svg-developers] MAX2005: Some Flash stuff ...and something about the Ele...

2005-10-21 Thread AndrewWatt2001
Mini-oops! I should have said that Avalon is now Windows Presentation Foundation. Andrew Watt In a message dated 21/10/2005 11:57:18 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ronan, Avalon is now Windows Presentation Framework. The link didn't have much meat about why the Macrom

Re: [svg-developers] MAX2005: Some Flash stuff ...and something about the Ele...

2005-10-21 Thread AndrewWatt2001
Ronan, Avalon is now Windows Presentation Framework. The link didn't have much meat about why the Macromedia CEO isn't scared of Sparkle, I note. I wonder if he had a solid-fronted podium so that the audience couldn't see his knees knocking? :) Andrew Watt In a message dated 21/10/20