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RE: [www-vrml] VRML still the most popular Web3D format - by far.



Hi, Braden --

What ever gave you the idea that EXTERNPROTO has been abandoned? It is an
integral part of X3D!

  -- Dick

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-www-vrml@web3d.org 
> [mailto:owner-www-vrml@web3d.org] On Behalf Of Braden McDaniel
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 9:50 PM
> To: Len Bullard
> Cc: Tony Parisi; 'Viveka Weiley'; 'VRML list'
> Subject: RE: [www-vrml] VRML still the most popular Web3D 
> format - by far.
> 
> On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 12:41 -0500, Len Bullard wrote:
> > It's about learning by example over spamming. 
> > It's about being able to get a few bits back per bits offered as in 
> > Google adSense.
> > 
> > VRML won't die because there is nothing else.  X3D is still VRML.
> 
> By heritage and proclamation. Nonetheless, a valid VRML97 
> file is not a valid X3D file. Perhaps that detail wouldn't 
> matter if translation were possible 100% of the time; but 
> AFAICT, it's not...
> 
> >   X3D is just integration plus more features. 
> 
> <http://www.web3d.org/x3d/faq/index.html#technical-2>
> 
> The abandonment of EXTERNPROTO as a browser extension 
> mechanism should not be trivialized. The text in the above 
> link says that, "The way to provide browser-specific 
> extensions is through custom components." But how do you 
> refer to one of these "custom components" over the network?
> 
> -- 
> Braden McDaniel                           e-mail: 
> <braden@endoframe.com>
> <http://endoframe.com>                    Jabber: <braden@jabber.org>
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