SVG and Flash as the same species

Written by Maricon Williams


We can name several technologies for displaying 2D interactive vector graphics onrepparttar web however, two names rises among other contenders. These arerepparttar 107308 Macromedia’s Shock Wave Flash (SWF) andrepparttar 107309 World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). Unlike Flash SVG is not for sale.

Adobe's SVG browser plug-in has achieved barely around 10% penetration, compared to Macromedia's 90% forrepparttar 107310 Flash plug-in. Flash has already established an outstanding standard nevertheless, this did not make SVG an inferior technology.

Inrepparttar 107311 past Flash was considered a de-facto standard under control of one single vendor. For this reason, W3C proposed a recommendation to achieve standardized 2D interactive vector graphics onrepparttar 107312 web. This resulted torepparttar 107313 birth of SVG. Its first version was Recommendation 1.0 which was introduced in 2001. The current version though is 1.1 which was released on January 2003.

Some people asserts that SVG is as powerful as Flash. Some say it is superior. But still there are others who think it’srepparttar 107314 other way around. Which is which really?! To help you decide here are some vital facts:

Use Flash inrepparttar 107315 following instances:

1.You must use Flash if you want to make a Flash-like website. To replicate it using SVG is hard to do.

2.If you want to create complex animations or games you can use any ofrepparttar 107316 two. However, you must be aware that SVG’s built-in SMIL animation engine is very processor exhaustive. Conversely, good results can be achieved using JavaScript animations.

3.If your users are not that computer literate like for example children for a children’s site or a site appealing to a broad audience, you must use Flash.

Proper Font Selection

Written by Maricon Williams


In times when you are writing a message in your computer, have you ever asked yourselfrepparttar following questions: How will I convey my message withrepparttar 107307 use of my fonts? Do I need several colors? Am I going to use big, bold, crisp or spaced fonts? Well, you are not alone in this dilemma. To help you with it, just read on.

Fonts arerepparttar 107308 crossing point between writers and readers. This isrepparttar 107309 reason why they have to be catchy in appearance and content. Presentation is crucial because it is not onlyrepparttar 107310 superb content that drawsrepparttar 107311 reader’s attention. It starts withrepparttar 107312 font’s character. It should speak for itself. Font’s role is to get attention, enhance readability, set and atmosphere and most importantly projects an image. To be able to playrepparttar 107313 role well, we need to follow certain guidelines.

The first rule is to know what case to use. Avoid using all upper or lower case especially inrepparttar 107314 body of your composition because it is hard to read. Use upper case in titles and headings only if it is necessary. Do not makerepparttar 107315 readers curse you while reading your message.

The generally accepted size of a font is between 10-12 point forrepparttar 107316 body, 14-48 point for primary headings and one half ofrepparttar 107317 primary heading point size for secondary headings. Be aware though, that fonts may appear larger in computer thanrepparttar 107318 actual size.

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