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Naturally Occurring Standards

Posted by timothy on from the cutting-ends-off-the-ham dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The phrase 'de facto standard' can denote anything from proprietary tyranny to a healthy, vibrant, market. What makes a standard viable without the formal blessing of a standards organization? Should you use such informal standards, or ignore them?"

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  1. Re:Formally informal by AKAImBatman · · Score: 3, Informative

    Is there an "animated-postscript" format?

    SVG is the closest thing. Unfortunately, your customers will need a plugin. Sadly, Flash is the "de-facto" standard in this case. If you really don't want to use flash, just use animated GIFs.

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  2. I read this post earlier by UrgleHoth · · Score: 3, Informative

    On OSNews

    Copied verbatim. Nice. What do we call dupes from other sites without credit? Oh, yeah, plagiarism

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  3. Re:Formally informal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Smile :)

    I mean SMIL
    http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/