5 May
2004
5 May
'04
8:11 a.m.
I agree completely.
From what we have discussed, here are the
possibilities, correct me if I
am wrong:
- Flash: no way, proprietary (is it possible to write a free plug-in? I
think it is not)
- Java: current plug-in is proprietary (Sun or IBM). I will investigate
to see if Java free implementation (CLASSPATH, gcj, Kaffe, Eclipse and
others) provide a free browser plug-in
- SVG: no free plug-in now, support for mozilla but only when compiled
inside Mozilla
- Blender: plug-in development is in standby
Looks like there is a need for free software here...
fd
Le mer 05/05/2004 à 11:00, Pall Thayer a écrit :
Don't get me wrong. I don't see this as a
flame war. These are very
valid points that have been brought up and this sheds some light on the
state of free, non-proprietary media for the web today. I truly wish
there were viable non-proprietary ways of creating rich media that could
utilize the pre-installed plugins that come with most browsers, such as
flashplayer and javaVM. But sadly this is not the case so I feel forced
to take the proprietary route. As far as OGG is concerned, I do plan to
switch to it in about a year or so. The way things are going it looks
like it will be pretty wide-spread by that time.
Pall