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Bill Kearney wrote: > There's considerable need for better display of graphic data. Something that > gives really versatile control over vector data. If just for mundane stuff like > zooming in/out/around datasets in charts, perhaps in 3D. Doing it in bitmaps > just [expletive deleted] for what-if analysis. Doing it over GET/POST is waaay too slow as > well; which also speaks to the molasses-like performance that makes Java so > unappealing. So there's definitely potential for something like SVG. That's why SVG took the cartography world by storm. It is *so* much easier to use than any previously existing technology that dozens of carto projects saw the light of day immediately, many of them succesful. > If Flash > outgrows it's tendency to be used for ad banners and gee-gaws with tiny type > it's certainly got potential. Yes, but Flash is very painful to generate, and its drawing API is nowhere near what can be done with SVG's DOM. -- Robin Berjon <robin.berjon@e...> Research Engineer, Expway 7FC0 6F5F D864 EFB8 08CE 8E74 58E6 D5DB 4889 2488
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