Hi- For those of you who have not yet tried to make cross-browser applications (or even simple SVGs), I encourage you to try it for yourself rather than rely on Francis' opinion. There are a few gotchas (most of which have workarounds) and some fetures that ASV supports that the others don't, but most apps can be made to work across browsers with very little effort. You can always post questions to this list, if you run into problems, and we will be happy to help.
For the record, ASV itself is *far* from being a full implementation of the SVG Spec, and it is not going to improve, since it is pretty much abandoned. By contrast, the other browsers are undergoing active (and even rapid) development. Francis, your rhetoric in this regard is neither accurate nor helpful. I do not believe that it is based on experience, but rather on your ideology. Looking back through the archives of this list, you even state that ASV does not work properly in IE7... why would you advocate a flawed solution? Your own site, MobiusPortal, could easily be made to work across browsers, as we have pointed out several times; I suspect that your reluctance is due to the fact that your code-obfuscation mechanism doesn't work in Firefox (nor, by the way, does it work even in IE, since all a person would have to do is monitor the packets and they could reproduce your clientside application in its entirety). By contrast, those of us who have deployed *many* SVG WebApps over the years are all advocating the newest crop of SVG-capable browsers... maybe that should tell you something? Regards- Doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.vectoreal.com ...for scalable solutions. Francis Hemsher wrote: | | Hi Richard and/or Alex | | I looked at your app. It's the typical initial effort to address SVG | in the unrealistic environment of cross-browser creations. If you | want to continue in this direction, you will find you are expending | 90% of your time in the frustrations of browser anomalies, rather | than developing your SVG app for real-word use. | | If you want the most folks to view a high-quality SVG package, | rather than designing to lowest common denominator of all browsers, | use IE and ASV3. You'll find yourselves much less frustrated, and | will truly support SVG by showing viewers what it can presently do. | | However, If you are an SVG student and want develop in an academic, | rather that commercial, environment then you may not experience | those frustrations in providing a commercial package. | | Regards, | Francis ----- 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/
