[thelist] SVG versus Flash?

Richard Bennett richard.bennett at skynet.be
Wed Dec 5 10:35:17 CST 2001


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joergen Ramskov" <mqy4fxax36001 at sneakemail.com>
> > * Use Flash if you want to make a Flash-like website -
> > replicating the same effect using SVG is hard.
>
> What do you mean with a "Flash-like website"?
Something like this:
http://disney.go.com/park/homepage/today/flash/index.html

> This will be for business, used primarily by IT consultants. It will not
use
> complex animations, sound and will not be "flashy". Although "looking
good"
> is always a bit important, functionality/ease of use is the key issue for
> this project.
I use it to make web-applications, either for intra-net, or B to B. I would
not use it for something easily done in Flash, or something that's mainly
there too "look good". there should be enough insentive to install the 2 meg
plugin if that's not already done.


> I have been programming in Java (primarily servlets), so this is really
what
> I'm looking for. The information that should be displayed is in a
database.
Look into Batik then, it's a Java implementation of SVG, with a server-side
and client-side component.

> > * It will run on IE/NS4+NS6/Mozilla, on PC/MAC/Linux (Flash
> > probably does too) - Not on Opera though.
>
> How do you get SVG to run in Mozilla/NS6? Do you use the native Mozilla
> support? AFAIK the Adobe plugin doesn't work with it, or?
The plugin, but you have to drop the NPSVG3.dll file into Mozilla's plugin
directory yourself.

> > * It has a built-in ECMA-script (javascript) engine, so you
> > don't have to code per browser
>
> That I believe is a nice thing, correct? :)
Sure it is, but if needed you can override this setting, and use the
browsers script-engine. This is especially nice when making windows
applications using .hta for instance. it allows you to use MS's J-script
engine, so you can use activeX like FileSystemObject  etc.

Cheers,
Richard.






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