Posted by Toby Inkster on 08/29/05 02:59

SpaceGirl wrote:

> SVG is *horrible* though. The files are huge.

Bah! SVG is a *tiny* format for graphics. Vectory graphics anyway. At
work, a low-res version of our logo is 18KB in JPEG, but 8.5KB as SVG.
Less than 5KB in SVGZ.

> 1. Next year sees Windows Vista (Windows 6.0) which includes something
> called Metro. It's a light-weight XML engine that descibeds UIs as well
> as document distribution, and it being touted by MS as a replacement for
> Flash and PDF.

Given the number of people still using Windows 2000/Me/98/95/NT (trust me,
there are plenty -- especially in the enterprise world), how long will it
take before XAML becomes widely used (if ever)?

> 2. Macromedia have been eaten by Adobe, so Adobe now owns the Flash
> format.

Which doesn't necessarily have much impact on SVG. Although SVG was
pioneered by Adobe, it is a web standard now, with a life of its own. Even
if Adobe were to disappear tomorrow, there are a raft of image editors,
viewers and browsers with built-in SVG support.

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