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New Web Standards

Posted by michael on from the so-many-to-choose-from dept.

j7953 writes: "The World Wide Web Consortium has released the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) 2.0 as a W3C recommendation; and the Web3D Consortium has announced they will present first browsers supporting their X3D standard (here's a draft), which is supposed to replace VRML, at Siggraph 2001."

8 comments

  1. New web standard huh ... by Genoaschild · · Score: 0

    I wonder how long this one will last?

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  2. Ho Hum by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This one won't even get out of the gate. While Tim and his friends started it all, they don't seem to realize that MS is not controling the standard.

    Sorry, but it's true. If MS doesn't incorporate support in their browser, the most of the world can't see it. That means that there is no sense wasting time developing with that standard. If no one is developing with it MS sees no need to incorporate support in their browser.

    It's a vicious cycle but, that's the way it is. If MS doesn't want it, it ain't gonna happen. So, who do you think controls the standard?

    1. Re:Ho Hum by bruck · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Sorry, but it's true. If MS doesn't incorporate support in their browser, the most of the world can't see it
      Sorry, but it doesn't work that way. There are any number of media that are not supported by any browser directly but by plugins. If a plugin is written for this, then there's no problem.

    2. Re:Ho Hum by Genoaschild · · Score: 1, Insightful

      90% of all users are not willing to download something if it is not included and is not automated. Flash for example, if it practically didn't install itself, no one would use it. Java, on the other hand, was included in MSIE and that was not compatible with every other Java. How many people did you see rushing out to download Sun Java. Not that many. If their is a plug-in that will practically install itself and MS does not include it, their is no problem. When their isn't one, most people aren't going to manually install it. Java in XP is going to die unless their is a SUN plug-in or something.

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    3. Re:Ho Hum by Atrax · · Score: 0

      every time you find a website using only MS standards, hassle the 'webmaster' - they'll get bored with the constant flood of email, eventually.

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  3. Standards??? by fava · · Score: 1
    Oh great.

    Another standard for Microsoft to "embrace and extend".

    Will these people ever learn.

  4. Standards by J'raxis · · Score: 4, Funny

    I love standards especially when we have so many of them...

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