tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26164208.post8106843275518225176..comments2023-06-10T10:41:44.400+00:00Comments on ~eokyere: opaque swf format?eokyerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08581319078698286013noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26164208.post-49763481153941734012007-01-09T06:52:00.000+00:002007-01-09T06:52:00.000+00:00Hi Tim,
sorry for delay in ack'ing comment and th...Hi Tim,<br /><br />sorry for delay in ack'ing comment and thanks. It took my reading of Lee Brimlowe's blogpost here: http://thewpfblog.com/?p=70 to get what you've been pointing out all along. <br /><br />I was able to get a wpf/e hello world app from just my bash env (Terminal) up and running. I believe that is quite compelling and I think you should be communicating that and the aghost.js bits more to developers.<br /><br />once again, thanks and cheers.<br /><br />-- eokyere :)eokyerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08581319078698286013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26164208.post-15279981963333299242006-12-13T04:28:00.000+00:002006-12-13T04:28:00.000+00:00Hi Emmanuel,
Thanks for your post - it was good r...Hi Emmanuel,<br /><br />Thanks for your post - it was good reading. I hope you'll accept my post in the good faith it was intended: I wasn't trying to spread any FUD. As you say, the SWF specification is not completely closed. But equally, it's not exactly an open format: unless you sign up for a license, you can't access the specification, and the fact that it's a binary blob makes it harder for search engines, source code control systems and even just casual developers who don't have Flash tools to access. That was really what I meant by "somewhat opaque" - hopefully that clarifies things.<br /><br />Your own question about developing WPF/E as a Mac user is itself instructive in this regard; you can of course run WPF/E applications by <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1665A00C-F7BB-459A-9DA2-F1DB6297277F&displaylang=en">installing the runtime</a> and there are no tools needed to create a XAML page - it's just regular XML that you reference and manipulate with JavaScript. So certainly, we'd love you to explore WPF/E from a Mac. <br /><br />Warm wishes,<br /><br />TimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com