From: Richard <rich@...>
Date: 2003-02-07T04:39:31+09:00
Subject: Re: locana, SVG, cross-platform GUI meanderings...

When did he install what version of the Flash player?

I find it hard to believe that a recent version would crash a
wide-spread OS.

(recent>=6.0.47.0 && wide-spread==[Linux-clone, (Windows98 | >), Mac
(OSX | OS 9)])

-Rich

> On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Richard Kilmer wrote:
> 
> >
> > On Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 04:24  AM, Holden Glova wrote:
> > <SNIP>
>         [...]
> > >> bit at SVG.  So would it be possible to create SVG-based GUIs that
>         [...]
> > >> Phil
> > >
> > > Hiya Phil,
> > >
> > > AFAIK, for an SVG gui to be useful it would need to handle events.
>         [...]
> >
> > Phil et al,
> >
> > I agree with your assessment that it would be a killer Ruby application
> > to be able to create browser delivered interfaces using a vector based
> > renderer (rather than HTML).  For the reasons outlined above I don't
> > think that SVG is up to it...but Macromedia Flash _IS_ up to it.  So,
> 
> http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG12/#xml-integration
> suggests that forms and widgets are on the agenda for SVG, as are
> events.  Is Flash an open standard?
> 
> A friend of mine crashed his PC trying to install the Flash plugin,
> so I've not been in a rush to explore this!
> 
>         [...]
> 
> >
> > -rich
> >
> 
>