[thelist] SVG - who ? what ?

[Eric Cestari]

Hi Jelle,

SVG and Flash have the same goals, being  the vector graphic standard.
SVG is being defined by w3c (http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/Overview.htm8).
It is heavily supported by Macromedia's arch-nemesis Adobe.

Yet, the major difference is for the the developper.
SVG is an XML application whereas Flash is in proprietary format (though the
API is available freely).
Thus you could code all your SVG graphics with Notepad(tm) though I would
not recommend it. But yet, generating on the fly, with any serverside
language, a flash-like thingy, is pretty cool to me.

Will it be viable to the end-users, for who it won't be any different, is
another question ...

Cheers,
    Eric

----- Original Message -----
From: Jelle Desramaults <nsg_chong at hotmail.com>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 10:35 AM
Subject: [thelist] SVG - who ? what ?


> Heja,
>
> I've been surfing the Adobe (http://www.adobe.com) site all morning in
> search of SVG (scalable vector graphics). What i can't seem to figure out
is
> what the difference between SVG and flash/livemotion is.
>
> Any tips/urls ?
>
> thx !
>
> , jelle