Hey Mark, If you can get your viewer seamless with IE and have nice CSS capablities then I may know of a site that could use it:) Anyway, I'll download it and fiddle with it for a while. Expect a few questions from yours truly about it's abilities to create a dynamic context menu. Thanks, Francis
--- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Birbeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Francis, > > > Sorry, sometimes we get involved in minor skirmishes in the > > trenches and loose site of the guy who started the thread. > > Me too!, I'd like to see this done in IE. > > Yes, using our Sidewinder Viewer. It currently runs standalone, using the > file extension .webapp, but will shortly run in-frame, using .xhtml, as I'll > explain. > > > STANDALONE > This will always be an option, because it allows you to create applications > with XHTML+SVG+XForms+MathML that really look like independent applications. > You can dock them to a side of the screen, make them auto-hide, use > transparency, and so on, and with no back button to get in the way, your > users can keep the application open all day. > > > IN THE BROWSER > We also have a version that runs inside IE (and shortly Mozilla, as it > happens). This functions in the same way that applications like Adobe > Acrobat, Word and so on do, where they can run either in-frame or > standalone. We manage all of the communication with the containing browser > via events that you can initiate--so you can navigate, resize the viewer, > close the browser, and so on, just by dispatching events (we use proper DOM > 2 Events), and we will convert those events to the correct event for the > particular host browser. > > We haven't released this yet, since we want to be 100% certain that we have > got all the navigation aspects right. But we are using it ourselves, so it > shouldn't be long now. > > > MIME TYPES > The choice of file extension (.webapp) is purely so that we don't mess up > any browsers that use ".xhtml" and "application/xhtml+xml"; if you know what > you are doing you can easily configure the viewer to use .xhtml. Once we're > sure that we co-exist 'nicely' with other browsers then we'll switch the > MIME types over. > > > CONCLUSION > I'm sure this point is not lost, but with our Viewer you are able to use > XForms, MathML, SVG, DOM 2 Events, DOM 3 XPath, DOM 3 Implementation > Registry and XBL with IE. It's a little ironic, I agree, that IE is leading > the standards-race! Seriously though, I've been talking to the Mozilla team, > and it may even be possible for us to implement the same plug-in > architecture as them. > > (And before you say, what about CSS, we do have a CSS converter coming soon, > too.) > > Regards, > > Mark > > > Mark Birbeck > CEO > x-port.net Ltd. > > e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > t: +44 (0) 20 7689 9232 > w: http://www.formsPlayer.com/ > b: http://internet-apps.blogspot.com/ > > Download our XForms processor from > http://www.formsPlayer.com/ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: svg-developers@yahoogroups.com > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Francis Hemsher > > Sent: 09 June 2005 15:01 > > To: svg-developers@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [svg-developers] Re: SVG and HTML all in one html file > > > > > > Francis > > > > "kenloong98"wrote: > > > ooh.. I don't follow all these. > > > What is it guys? Can do or not? Just in IE will do. > > > > > > regards > > > benc > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- > > To unsubscribe send a message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -or- > > visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click > > "edit my membership" > > ---- > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
