I really can not say much about Flash other than I have heard of it and have seen references as to how it compares to SVG: http://www.carto.net/papers/svg/comparison_flash_svg/

That is I have never used Flash, but can tell you that in its favor is the fact that it is definetely used much more widely than SVG right now. On the con side of Flash is that it is a proprietary tool that you need to buy whereas SVG is free open source recommended by the W3C. Another thing to consider would be GDI+, but like Flash I have not used GDI+.

The good things about SVG is that it is a fee open standard and the viewer is also free but is not included in the current popular browsers. If you look at future applications of SVG, the next release, version 1.2 (probably recommended in May 2005) has a lot of emphasis on mobile devices. Think about applications such as interactive or just text/graphical output that can be rendered / resized on a wireless phone. This stuff is already possible on certain Nokia phones - got to think that the masses will clamer to an open standard but you never know.

You may consider posting a message on the West-Wind web site where you are likely to hear from experts like Lauren Clarke (it was his paper that I read back in September that got me started) and other web experts like Rick Strahl hang out:

http://www.west-wind.com/wwthreads/

Best of luck!


>Tom,
>I have a couple of follow up questions for you, if you don't mind answering them for me.
>1. Which is better (in your honest oppinion) Flash or SVG? (I know this is a crazy question and I guess I know what the answer will be, but if you could be kind and give me a couple of reasons why you prefer one over the other)
>2. Which is easier to learn, Flash or SVG? (please considder number of books and articles written, available training and information/examples on the internet when you answer this)
>3. Which method is most widely used on the internet (and other places)? Is there a different trend?
>
>I know these questions arevery subjective (well atleast the answers are subjective), but I am trying to gather as much information as I can before Monday.
>
>Thanks,
>Einar