[thelist] Here comes SVG (was: Free Flash charts?)

[jon steele]

>From my reading..

Some advantages of SVG:

- can be written using regular text editors (no $ needed for the software)
- more control incorporating XML, etc. making it easily dynamic
- since it is text, can be indexed by search engines (BIIIG advantage...IMO)
- being integrated by adobe into its commmercial apps (advantage?)
- is a standard
- free =)

Disadvantages:

- more time and patience needed to learn
- player plugin not as widely spread (although it is very easy to obtain
http://www.adobe.com/svg/)

Anyone else care to comment?


--- Michael Robertson <mike at mikeemedia.com> wrote:
> Just curious why you feel that way about Flash vs. SVG. I don't know much
> about SVG.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Dorward" <evolt at david.us-lot.org>
> To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 7:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [thelist] Free Flash charts?
>
>
> > On Sat, 20 Jul 2002 18:41:40 -0400
> > Frank <framar at interlog.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm not a Flash guy. I will be some day, but that'll have to wait
> > > 'till I've got Java down. Question:
> > >
> > > Does anyone know of a free Flash movie that I can plug values into
> > > the HTML params that will allow for the generation of a chart in
> > > Flash? (I'm thinking pie charts, bar charts, that sort of thing.)
> > > This would be a very cool little addition to the little 'Where are
> > > you from?' script I'm going to whip up.
> >
> > Urgh, Flash. How about using nicely open SVG format instead?
> >
> >  http://freshmeat.net/projects/php_svggraph/
> >
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