tim wrote: >>i'd love to get back to doing more .swf based work - but i just wish i >>had Free Software tools to do it in, i dont like being forced to use >>proprietary tools to do my interactive art... > > > yeah swf is great in lots of ways. > Trying to use Gtk after using swf is very frustrating! > > I guess you know swfs can be produced nicely from php? no i didnt! do you have a url about this? > > unfortunately the format just has too many problems. > Despite the fact that 95% of what is produced in Flash is > annoying crap, it is very versatile, has fast rendering, > good scripting etc, but its a shame it has poor host communication. > > However i do beleive that good freeform vector support in a > widget toolkit is very important. The Free approach of > course is to use Svg, which looks very promising, > but just hasnt been implemented yet:-) i should also take a look at this.... > > there is some good stuff being produced in svg such as the > useless but *beautiful* Gnome icons. [note to self: how does > Nautilus render these?] I believe the format encourages > a nicer look than slapping up cheesy 19" rack brushed metal. > > do you feel that Svg will become usable in the near future? > > best regards > > -- > Tim Orford > > > -- iriXx www.iriXx.org copyleft: creativity, technology and freedom? info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.copyleftmedia.org.uk _ ( ) ascii ribbon against html email X / \ cat /dev/sda1 > /dev/dsp *** stopping make sense ***
