Comments on: Have You Tried Microsoft Silverlight? http://www.leechon.com/have-you-tried-microsoft-silverlight-418.htm Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:56:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Basil Mohamed Gohar http://www.leechon.com/have-you-tried-microsoft-silverlight-418.htm/comment-page-1#comment-4072 Basil Mohamed Gohar Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:53:34 +0000 http://www.leechon.com/?p=418#comment-4072 I've heard of it, but I haven't tried it. It's something that is "Flash-like", but I don't know about it being a Flash-killer. That sounds a bit over the top. When I see major Web 2.0 or 3.0 sites start using it over the installed base of Flash, then I'll revisit that assertion. ;) The obvious problem with this is that it is restricted to the Windows platform. Additionally, Microsoft has intentionally restricted the permission to use Silverlight technology on GNU/Linux platforms (e.g., Fedora, which is what I use) to a limit set of circumstances. While the technology might be amazing, these restrictions are truly unsettling and will eventually lead to its limited adoption only in markets where Microsoft is dominant, which are growing fewer & fewer in number. Also look for future releases of Silverlight to only support Vista, as opposed to the rest of the Windows family. This would alienate anyone that chooses not to upgrade to Vista. These are all tactics Microsoft has become known for. Sorry to be such a downer...:-p I’ve heard of it, but I haven’t tried it. It’s something that is “Flash-like”, but I don’t know about it being a Flash-killer. That sounds a bit over the top. When I see major Web 2.0 or 3.0 sites start using it over the installed base of Flash, then I’ll revisit that assertion. ;)

The obvious problem with this is that it is restricted to the Windows platform. Additionally, Microsoft has intentionally restricted the permission to use Silverlight technology on GNU/Linux platforms (e.g., Fedora, which is what I use) to a limit set of circumstances.

While the technology might be amazing, these restrictions are truly unsettling and will eventually lead to its limited adoption only in markets where Microsoft is dominant, which are growing fewer & fewer in number. Also look for future releases of Silverlight to only support Vista, as opposed to the rest of the Windows family. This would alienate anyone that chooses not to upgrade to Vista. These are all tactics Microsoft has become known for.

Sorry to be such a downer…:-p

]]> By: AlBaraa http://www.leechon.com/have-you-tried-microsoft-silverlight-418.htm/comment-page-1#comment-3944 AlBaraa Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:44:35 +0000 http://www.leechon.com/?p=418#comment-3944 Adobe MAX conference in Chicago had a presentation of their Flash 10 software. Its pretty cool what the new features can do: http://flanture.blogspot.com/2007/10/new-flash-10-features-sneak-peek-at-max.html Adobe MAX conference in Chicago had a presentation of their Flash 10 software. Its pretty cool what the new features can do:
http://flanture.blogspot.com/2007/10/new-flash-10-features-sneak-peek-at-max.html

]]> By: S. H. http://www.leechon.com/have-you-tried-microsoft-silverlight-418.htm/comment-page-1#comment-3943 S. H. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:21:43 +0000 http://www.leechon.com/?p=418#comment-3943 Compared to Flash 10 (coming soon), Silverlight is in its infancy. I would not suggest it. Compared to Flash 10 (coming soon), Silverlight is in its infancy. I would not suggest it.

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