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

[David Temkin]

The compiler turns PNGs into native SWF resources within the compiled  
SWF, so the fact that the player cannot load PNGs is not relevant.  
Shouldn't be an issue -- though you're right, there was a bug in this  
area.

Also, and on a separate issue, perhaps it's time to dump SWF7 support.  
Not sure there's any substantial utility to this any more.

- D.


On May 27, 2008, at 11:32 AM, André Bargull wrote:

> 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.
>> />/
>> /
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