SVG in 3?

[Michael Ashton]

On Thursday, March 20, 2003, at 11:24  PM, Listera wrote:

> "Michael Ashton" wrote:
>
>> SVG is [...] already widely supported.
>
> That's highly debatable.

True, so here's my supported stuff list - not complete, just what I 
know about offhand:

* Adobe Illustrator - export / import
* Canvas - export / import
* FOP - uses Batik to render to bitmaps, I think
* Adobe SVG Viewer plugin
* Mozilla native support in active development
* (IE: don't know, don't care ;) )
* ReportLab Graphics: can generate SVG, also there's code to import
* Numerous small programs to do various SVG things

Not bad for a brand-new standard.

So maybe "widely" isn't the right word for all people everywhere, but 
it's the right word for me.

> Just to muddy the waters, how's about (interactive) Flash output from 
> OG3?

No good for printing. I don't care about animation. I can see this 
being potentially useful for other people though.

For me, SVG isn't a Flash competitor so much as the XML version of 
PostScript with lessons learned built in to it. I suppose many people 
might look at it as the W3C's answer to Flash, but I don't think they 
really get the point of SVG.

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Michael Ashton <data at ieee.org>
Peruvian intellectual Hernando de Soto on why his two dogs are named 
Marx and Engels: "They are German, hairy, and have no respect for 
property." (from _The Economist_, by way of _National Review_)