Re: [Fsfe-uk] Free Flash-equivalents (was: Yesterdays Defective by Design event in London)

[Dave Page]

On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 02:41:35PM +0100, Jon Grant wrote:

> It's a shame the US's FSF are promoting the "Flash" format via their
> plugin development as a long term solution. (Seems to contradict their
> positive anti-MS-Word stance?? I don't see them advocating us all use
> AbiWord for its great support for MS-Word)

> In my view we should focus on replacing their binary file-format which
> is handled by a proprietary browser plugin with open technologies
> browsers can support natively.  Then we can select text and bookmark
> things which are presently hidden in "Flash" files.

I was discussing this on IRC last night. I seem to remember reading
about the possibility of bundling JavaScript and SVG etc. to create
an open, Flash-equivalent platform for animation and media. Did anything
practical ever arise from this?

Dave
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