Yeah right, and compete with their own product? Doug, you are optimistic to a fault. They canned ASV to make room for their commercial solution and have no commercial incentive to keep it there as a thorn in their side for people to build applicatons around.
On top of that, everyone who has had to rebuild their apps to be ecmascript compliant after using ASV has loudly cursed their javascript implementation... They can only lose on reputation from having an old, unsupported product lying around gathering user ire. This is the cost of vendor-supplied "free" addons. Nothing "given" by a company is free. Ronan On Wednesday 06 September 2006 19:00, Doug Schepers wrote: > I think we should urge Adobe to allow the viewer to be distributed as > needed, even if Adobe does not provide support or updates. > > That said, we will need to transition to a non-ASV SVG environment, > which stresses even more the need to code to standards rather than to a > particular implementation. > > ------------------------- > FAQ > ------------------------- > > > ASV EOL FAQ > > Adobe® SVG Viewer > End of Life > Frequently Asked Questions > > > > > This document provides answers to frequently asked questions about > Adobe’s decision to > discontinue support for Adobe SVG Viewer (“ASV”). > > > > Why did Adobe decide to discontinue support for > ASV?.......................................................1 > When will Adobe discontinue customer support for > ASV?....................................................1 > When will Adobe remove ASV from the download > area?.......................................................1 > Can I host the ASV installer on my own web > site?...................................................................2 > Will Adobe provide future security patch releases of > ASV?....................................................2 > Will Adobe support future SVG specifications in its authoring > products?...........................2 > Will ASV install and run on Microsoft Windows > Vista?.........................................................2 > Can I create my own installer for > ASV?....................................................................... >..............2 > > What products can I use instead of > ASV?....................................................................... >...........2 > > Will Adobe release the source code for > ASV?....................................................................... >....2 > > Will Adobe still participate in the SVG working > group?.........................................................3 > Where can I find more > information?............................................................... >..........................3 > > What SVG and ASV community forums are > available?..........................................................3 > > > Why did Adobe decide to discontinue support for ASV? > > There are a number of other third-party SVG viewer implementations in > the marketplace, > including native support for SVG in many Web browsers. The SVG language > and its > adoption in the marketplace have both matured to the point where it is > no longer > necessary for Adobe to provide an SVG viewer. > > When will Adobe discontinue customer support for ASV? > > Adobe Customer Support will no longer provide support for Adobe SVG > Viewer as of > January 1, 2007. > > When will Adobe remove ASV from the download area? > > Adobe currently plans to remove Adobe SVG Viewer from the Adobe.com > download > area on January 1, 2008. > > Can I host the ASV installer on my own web site? > > You may post the Adobe SVG Viewer installer only on intranet sites. > Currently, the > Adobe SVG Viewer End User License Agreement does not allow you to post > the ASV > installer on public Internet sites. For more information, please see the > Adobe SVG Viewer > Distribution Agreement http://www.adobe.com/svg/distribute.html. > > Will Adobe provide future security patch releases of ASV? > > No, Adobe will not provide any more security patch releases of Adobe SVG > Viewer. > > Will Adobe support future SVG specifications in its authoring products? > > Adobe Illustrator was one of the first commercial illustration tools to > support SVG Full > and SVG Tiny. While Adobe does not publicly disclose future product > directions, we will > continue to evaluate the authoring needs for vector formats like SVG > Full, SVG Basic, > SVG Tiny, and any successors. > > Will ASV install and run on Microsoft Windows Vista? > > Adobe SVG Viewer is not certified to install on Vista. In addition, > users who install ASV > on an older version of Windows and then upgrade to Vista should be aware > that some > features of ASV will not function correctly on Vista. Features of ASV > that are currently > known to not work on Vista include (but are not limited to) the View > Source command, > and support for audio. > > Can I create my own installer for ASV? > > You may not create your own installer for Adobe SVG Viewer. The Adobe > SVG Viewer > End User License Agreement does not permit the user to repackage the > product > components. Among other reasons, this is because custom-made installers > could include > bugs that cause problems for Adobe’s customers, and those customers > would then turn to > Adobe for help. In addition, incorrectly installed ASV components could > cause other > previously installed Adobe products to malfunction. > > What products can I use instead of ASV? > > For an extensive list of third-party SVG viewer implementations, please > see the SVG wiki: > http://wiki.svg.org/Viewer_Implementations. > > You may also want to consider converting your SVG application to an > Adobe Flex® > application. For more information on Adobe Flex, please see > http://www.adobe.com/flex. > > Will Adobe release the source code for ASV? > > Adobe does not have plans to release the source code for Adobe SVG Viewer. > > Will Adobe still participate in the SVG working group? > > Adobe is currently a member of the W3C SVG working group, and will > continue to > monitor the development of SVG specifications relevant to our product > needs. We > anticipate no change in our participation with the SVG working group at > this time. > > Where can I find more information? > > More information, as it becomes available, will be posted at > http://www.adobe.com/svg. > > What SVG and ASV community forums are available? > > The Adobe SVG forum: > > http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?14@@.ee6f227 > > The Yahoo! SVG Developers group: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/messages > > The SVG Wiki: > > http://wiki.svg.org/Main_Page > > List of SVG communities: > > http://wiki.svg.org/SVG_Communities -- Ronan Oger Director RO IT Systems GmbH ...Building Web2.0 with SVG since 2001 http://www.roitsystems.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/WktRrD/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/1U_rlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----- 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/
