From: ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson) Date: 2003-02-07T05:53:42+09:00 Subject: Re: locana, SVG, cross-platform GUI meanderings... In article , Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng wrote: >On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Richard Kilmer wrote: > >> >> On Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 04:24 AM, Holden Glova wrote: >> > [...] >> >> 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? No. And I know that folks on the Linux side of things tend to hate Flash and therefore avoid it. Phil -- "Or perhaps the truth is less interesting than the facts?" Amy Weiss (accusing theregister.co.uk of engaging in 'tabloid journalism') Senior VP, Communications Recording Industry Association of America