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Animation in HTML

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Use a form of SMIL
Pros:

  • Already a W3C specification with an active Working Group and Activity
  • Existing tools and content use SMIL (two web browsers now support SVG+SMIL: Opera and Apple)
  • Microsoft has shown some interest in SMIL (HTML+TIME)

Apple's CSS animation proposal
Pros:

  • Already implemented by Apple in Safari

Questions

  • Any patent-encumberances with Apple's proposal?
  • Has the "CSS animation proposal" been formalized in a spec, peer reviewed?
  • If "CSS animation" was chosen, would this effort become an additional activity of the HTML Working Group? Or would it be a separate proposal formalized by Apple with which the HTML WG would coordinate?
  • The current proposal suggests CSS animation. Other than the fact that it's XML, are there any technical arguments against using SMIL (i.e. why is it considered the inferior choice)?