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Article:
 SVG: Where Are We Now?
Subject: SVG Chart (Elansoft Agileblox Vs. Flash)
Date: 2004-02-05 23:42:32
From: Mike Hill
Response to: SVG Charts (Agileblox Vs. Flash)

Elansoft care to answer the FRAUD charges at:
http://www.manero.org/weblog/archives/000083.html


The caption on the main page of the Elansoft’s web site supports using Flash based FusionCharts and makes strong case against using Agileblox. Thanks for the following caption!


The Caption Reads: There is a need for components, which could use combined prowess of the existing technologies, to rendering the data dynamically on to the web, in independent across all Operating systems, programming platforms and rendering browsers.


Does Agileblox 2.0 support web technologies such as, Xforms, X3D, SMIL, Flash, Webservices, HTML, DHTML, XST, XSLT etc.? Also, web technologies such as Flash and Applets support very powerful application features such as live Socket connection with the server, for real-time updates.


The Agileblox uses only a subset of the SVG (Ex: it does not use latest powerful component features of the SVG, such as RCC) and does not run on any other viewers (Ex: BitFlash., Mozilla-nativeSVG, Corel or Batik). Does it? Does it have any clue about Web services?


This caption says, look for a product that runs on all browsers and uses all the web technologies. We should wait until Agileblox runs on all the browsers and supports all the technologies. Elansoft should announce the release date for such Agileblox. It may be long wait, science SVG is installed on only 9% of the computers and according to Adobe even that viewer is not yet supported.


Meanwhile better explore cheap alternatives such as Flash based FusionCharts, which runs on all Operating systems, programming platforms (Ex: J2EE, .NET/ASP & CGI etc.) and installed on over 99% of the browsers. Doesn’t it make sense?


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