RE: [Fsfe-uk] An ignorant question?

[Robert J. Munro]

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> [mailto:address@hidden Behalf Of Phil
> Driscoll
> Sent: 09 June 2003 21:06
> To: Robert (Jamie) Munro; address@hidden Org
> Subject: Re: [Fsfe-uk] An ignorant question?
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> On Monday 09 June 2003 11:55 am, Robert \(Jamie\) Munro wrote:
> > Saying that SVG files animated using javascript is a
> replacement for flash
> > is missing the point entirely.
>
> I don't think so. That may be partially true (in the absence of
> fully capable
> gui tools) for the home user who wants to make a one off
> animation for the
> fun of it. However, like most other content on the web, the interesting
> animations are the ones which are generated from changing data fed from
> backend databases and generated by scripting languages like php. It is as
> easy to generate svg/javascript animations from, for example, php
> as it is
> from Flash.

Bearing in mind that the start of this thread was a teacher who wanted to
produce educational animations to show their class, I think the "partially
true" case is the more valid one under this discussion.

Robert Munro
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