Just noticed this article over on CNET: http://news.com.com/Mobile+and+consumer+devices+get+a+Flash+from+Adobe/2100-1041_3-6018004.html?part=rss&tag=6018004&subj=news
"Both products support ActionScript 2, Unicode and XML data handling. Adobe has also released a preview of an update to Flash Professional 8, which is needed to author content specifically for the new platforms. The company said that developing a mobile application using Flash can be three to five times faster than using alternative technologies. Adobe acquired Flash when it bought Macromedia last year. A large amount of attention is being paid to the mobile development market by many organizations. Late last year, the World Wide Web Consortium organized a seminar in London to push its vision of a mobile-enabled Web. At the same time, Opera Software also announced a beta of its Opera Platform SDK, aimed at providing similar facilities to Flash Player SDK, but based on open standards like HTML and CSS." So I get three interesting points from this article: 1. Flash Lite 2 has XML Support. 2. Development using Flash as opposed to alternative tech's is three to five times faster. 3. CNET must have never heard of SVG. :-/ Here's the press release: http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200601/010306FlashLite.html Here is the reason why Adobe thinks you should use Flash (and not alternative technologies such as SVG): "Flash Lite 2 and Flash Player SDK 7 enable OEMs, consumer electronics device manufacturers and operators to provide rich, customizable user interfaces, while delivering more consistent consumer experiences across devices, operating systems, processors and screen sizes. By leveraging the Flash ecosystem -- which includes the Flash authoring tool, rendering engine, and an established community of more than two million designers and developers -- Flash Lite 2 and Flash Player SDK 7 can reduce deployment costs and deliver content and interfaces three to five times faster than competing solutions." Alastair ----- 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/
