[Wolves] Flash alternative - is there?

[David Goodwin]

Old Dan wrote:
> Well, the subject line says it all, really.
> 
> Is there an alternative to flash for animations on the web?  (Don't say 
> GIFs or I'll deck yer... :) )
> 
> I've looked into using HTML DIVs updated using JS but IE just won't have 
> it (though Mozilla will, interestingly...)
> 
> Currently I am having to use a small flash animation (about 40K's worth, 
> I believe...) and JS/Divs for basically everything else.  But I really, 
> really don't want to use Flash.  Proprietary binary-only format, against 
> my religion.  :)
> 
> ...anyone?
> 

you could always embed a movie file (divx/.mov/.avi/.rm etc?)

Don't know how realistic this is (file size, development effort etc?), 
and it would probably not interactive.

David.