Re: [Fsfe-uk] Free Flash-equivalents

[Tom Chance]

Ahoy,

On Tuesday 10 October 2006 02:32, Alex Hudson wrote:
> The browser + SVG + JS thing is really appealing - the point Jon
> mentioned about it actually being a natural part of the web page in
> particular is a good one; a plugin can never achieve that level of
> integration.
>
> It hasn't really happened for a number of reasons: the standards are all
> somewhat new (particularly the object model that an SVG renderer
> presents to the Javascript software which tweaks the running animation),
> and it's also pretty horribly complex to do.
>
> The main issue though, and one which the FSF have to some extent
> ignored, is that there are virtually _no_ Flash animation tools that are
> even vaguely free software.

Well there was this project, which could presumably be resurrected:
http://f4l.sourceforge.net

It would also be interesting if somebody made a tool that produced the SVG+JS 
output instead of a SWF file (ideally both). That would at least mean that 
webmasters could produce both in some instances and provide users with the 
option.

Regards,
Tom

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