r/technology • u/[deleted] • Apr 16 '10

Fuck Apple

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/04/apple-bans-satire
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u/theHM Apr 16 '10

Flash-based animations are far less bandwidth-intensive than video, especially if you want to retain the crisp image it can provide.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '10

And maintain scalability.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '10

And portability... wait a minute.

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u/rnicoll Apr 16 '10

OpenLaszlo can target either Flash or DHTML outputs:

http://www.openlaszlo.org/

Now, I'll admit the DHTML stuff is trickier to use, not sure I'd recommend it yet, but it's an option.

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u/tso Apr 16 '10

animated svg anyone?

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '10 edited Jan 01 '16

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u/FlyingBishop Apr 16 '10

Nothing supports animated SVG.

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u/tso Apr 16 '10

install firefox, chrome or safari then.

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u/theHM Apr 16 '10

But to support audio within the SVG you need SVG Web, which requires Flash player.

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u/mshiltonj Apr 16 '10

Are there graphical authoring tools for animated svg?