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Re: [svg-developers] Re: Announcement: Adobe to Discontinue Adobe SVG Viewer

On 9/7/06 1:19 PM, Jeff Schiller wrote:
> So where are the open source, cross-platform SVG 1.1 viewers ? What
> about taking the Mozilla base and developing a browser plugin from
> that for only SVG support? What about candidates like AmanithVG and
> Renesis for a SVG 1.2 viewer? Let's get a list of all the candidate
> open-source projects and contribute so that they flourish before Jan
> 2008.

The SVG code in mozilla is tied closely with the rest of the layout
engine, so you need to take pretty much the whole Gecko engine if you
wanted to do something like this.

There is already code in the mozilla tree that turns it into an ActiveX
Control which could serve as a starting point.

http://www.iol.ie/~locka/mozilla/control.htm



Thu Sep 7, 2006 7:40 pm

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Hi, Jeff- As usual, I think you hit the nail on the head. I have been taking stock on exactly the options you have gone over. Mozilla is open source and of...
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... The SVG code in mozilla is tied closely with the rest of the layout engine, so you need to take pretty much the whole Gecko engine if you wanted to do...
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Jon, Do you seriously believe that Adobe will change its plans and modify the course of Flash/Flex to please one or two companies with no impact on Adobe's...
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Hi Marc, I think you misunderstood me. I was replying to Margie about how best to encourage Adobe to change their policy. I agree that Adobe isn't likely to...
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Sep 7, 2006
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Jon, I believe Adobe will consider extending the support and availability of the SVG viewer as a potential problem (even if minor) for Flash and Flex. Why...
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Hi, Jon- ... Jon, you are an optimist... and I mean that in a good way. I admire your propensity for finding solutions rather than dwelling on the problem. I...
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... Hi All. As you know I have an "SVG Rendering" it is in either Java or C++; it is implemented in my ZipProtocol But this not the point I like to make. - Not...
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Let's ask adobe to opensource adobe svg viewer I think there is no opensource svg viewer for IE at the moment (I know, there is mozilla , but ....)...
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... As of when??!?!?!!? What happened??? Leonard [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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As of when??!?!?!!? What happened??? Leonard ... Hi Leonard (and the other 7455 people on this list), I changed jobs in May, leaving Adobe to join IBM's...
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I spose we are now in the hands of http://www.gosvg.net/ ... _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Messenger has...
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yeah, I'm waiting for that one ......
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Me too. Does anyone know of a timeline before production version of Renesis is slated for release? ... Discontinue Adobe SVG ... Technologies ... OpenAjax ... ...
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Actually, there are a number of options at this point. For one thing, the existence of a free browser plugin from Adobe, which hoped to bring in revenues from...
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Hi- ... I just want to note here that the team behind the Renesis SVG viewer is under new management... there is a new company, EmiaSys, with only the core...
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Doug Yeh it would be good to perhaps have some idea of where we are going, our apps rely heavily on SVG (closed apps that have logins) but my head is spinning...
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Hi, Richard- ... Well, I don't think it's all that confusing. The choices really break down to 3 options: 1) hope/work toward SVG support in IE, either native...
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Jon, Thank you for your thoughtful email. Adobe is collecting feedback on this announcement, and the decision makers are considering the points that you and...
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... Pat I would like to echo Jon's comments. The implementation of SVG in browsers and viewers would not be anywhere near the level it currently is without...
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Hi Pat, The organisation that I am currently doing work for has asked me to bring to the attention of Adobe their interest in SVG with a view to seeking...
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Doug Thanks, at least there are some options but correct me if i'm wrong, Dojo2D interpretes SVG into VML for IE and if its FF, Opera, Safari it would not need...
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Hi, Richard- My experience with Dojo is not all that comprehensive, and like you, I'm just starting to look into Dojo2D (I'd exchanged emails with Gavin ...
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Hi all, I'm just in the process of developing an SVG application using AJAX and PHP for a client. The idea of Adobe backing out of the Adobe SVG field is...
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Tell me about it, a complete nightmare. Our apps solely work on SVG with some large companies and we are rewriting our apps to work on IE and all the Native...
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Hi Richard, I'm sure there are many of in this situation! Our App is a combined HTML/SVG data UI solution for govt depts are who are all IE users They will not...
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On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:09:44 +0200, Garry Haywood <garry@...> ... Pity ;) ... FWIW copy image to clipboard is also in Opera 9.01. Cheers /Erik -- ...
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With all the discussion on the ASV EOL, i guess lot's of people are interested in what ('alternative') viewers there are. Therefore i started...
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On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:03:26 +0200, steltenpower <yahoo@...> ... Some of the information is on svgi.org already, could you reuse that? Or better...
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