[Laszlo-dev] autoPng and SWFs -- time to remove the SWFs?

[André Bargull]

swf7 can't display png-images natively, that feature was added in swf8.
And there is still a png-display bug for swf7 caused by jgenerator 
(reported a few times on the forum, e.g. this thread 
"http://forum.openlaszlo.org/showthread.php?t=9203"). So, I don't think 
we can easily drop the swf-resources.

- André

> This seems like a fine idea to me, but shouldn't we actually get some  
> designer resources to create optimal .png's, rather than rely on the  
> auto-generated ones?
>
> And then we just need to prioritize this w.r.t. everything else that  
> is going on...
>
> On 2008-05-23, at 15:33 EDT, David Temkin wrote:
>
> >/ Is it time to remove the SWF resources altogether from the  
> />/ components and the non-SWF specific sample apps, and move the  
> />/ contents of the autoPng directories up a level?
> />/
> />/ The SWFs add confusion both to the source code ("I see SWF resources  
> />/ -- how could that work in DHTML?") and in the way the directories  
> />/ are laid out. And the autoPng mechanism is magic.
> />/
> />/ I don't think there's a benefit in keeping the SWFs around. While  
> />/ SWFs in some cases may be smaller and/or may stretch better, the  
> />/ confusion and difference between runtimes outweigh the benefits.
> />/
> />/ Thoughts?
> />/
> />/ - D.
> />/
> /