__/ [ Stephen Fairchild ] on Tuesday 19 September 2006 12:34 \__
> Peter Hayes wrote:
>
>> Microsoft's answer to YouTube,
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5359120.stm
>>
>> "The firm said the service would work with users of computers running
>> both Windows and Apple operating systems and would support browsers
>> including Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari.
>>
>> Soapbox will also support a number of video file formats and delivery
>> methods, according to Microsoft."
>>
>> But will it work with Linux? I don't see any technical reason why not.
>>
> I can think of one and it has to with the proliferation of video clips that
> need Flash 8. Yes I know Flash 9 is coming to Linux (whenever).
I imagine they'll follow Google's and YouTube's (among other third-party
tools) model of adopting Flash 7. If not, considering that nothing is gained
by opting for version 8 (not as far as video and codecs should be
concerned), then that would be an informed and delibearate choice. It will
be intersting to /watch/ (or not, depending on the version).
Macromedia's (Adobe) suite permits saving of Flash (.fla) as older versions,
so there should be no excuse. For instance, it allowed me to save SWF that
iwascompatible with version 5 rather than version6 back in the days. What's
noteworthy is that I only came to discover this when I posted my first
UseNet message (ever!)... back in 2001 or 2002.
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