Comments on: Silverlight – Does This "Change the Web"?

By: serblood

serblood — Mon, 07 May 2007 21:20:28 +0000

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By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 07 May 2007 21:18:29 +0000

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By: Justin Watt

Justin Watt — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:54:05 +0000

Xofis, it's relevant in the context of my ability to view any of this "web-rebooting" Silverlight content, at least in the near term and probably in the long term.

By: Cyanbane

Cyanbane — Fri, 04 May 2007 14:57:23 +0000

.net framework (to a point), delivered to anyone on the net regardless of OS/Browser in (what seems to be) a centralized programmer controlled delivery point (for updates).

Good stuff.

Zawodny is right, it will be golden for intranet apps and internal deployments and will slowly (maybe surely?) get adoption on the net. I haven't got into it heavily yet, but it almost seems very similar in my mind to the MMO gaming market in that a centralized server membership allows better control of piracy/licensing (you got to have an account to play) In that if these apps are "hosted" then it might allow for better regulation of licensing, etc (which is a boon to the third party developers). Still researching it though. From what I have read, as a developer it looks to me more than a ripple, it looks like a fat kid just jumped into the pool.

By: John

John — Fri, 04 May 2007 14:55:12 +0000

I don't think it will "change" anything. The competition in this space is good, but in the end the technology specifications that win (and have won) on the web are those that are open and widely available.

That said, I'm still impressed they have a mac version of the client plugin.

By: Ted Nicks

Ted Nicks — Fri, 04 May 2007 10:06:41 +0000

Hmm, change the web? Since its very first days, all try to change the web but what they really did so far?
Hundreds of rendering methods, image and streming formats, frameworks, protocols, server and client languages, even more future plans and big promises.
If this is the web they dream then "No thanks".

By: Xofis

Xofis — Fri, 04 May 2007 09:34:27 +0000

I’m leaving this comment from New Jersey, running on a tuna sandwich. That’s about as relevant as Justin’s comment above.

By: Justin Watt

Justin Watt — Fri, 04 May 2007 08:50:07 +0000

Robert, hmm defensive? I simply referred John to two posts by two people whose writings and ethos I respect and frequently learn from.

I have nothing against Flash or Silverlight per se, I just personally value the open architecture of the web over the closed architecture of any proprietary plugin. Perhaps instead of "I have my money on HTML5" I could have been more clear by in saying: "I find HTML5 more interesting and satisfying, in the long run."

Btw, I'm leaving this comment from Firefox, running on Ubuntu.

By: epictum

epictum — Fri, 04 May 2007 00:27:05 +0000

Silverlight looked somewhat promising at first glance — Microsoft’s online tour was limited to 2 or 3 working samples a few weeks ago of which none were overly impressive (its best showcase redirected visitors to a different Web site… perfect.)– but I wholeheartedly agree with Boyle, Cullen and McAndrew. To move from a solid array of Adobe proggies to a newby Microsoft competitor seems like a logistical nightmare without much incentive. Moreover, it will most likely undergo several releases, based on WebDev feedback, so the mass migration from Flash/JS to Silverlight — if there will ever be one — will probably take another year. Just look at how long it took the majority of users to adopt XP (and my Update Manager still manages to ping me once in a while… ugh)! And now, take into consideration Zune (innovative but slow performance) and Vista (fancy/sleek but slow, as well)… lots of hype, no big delivery. Anyway, at least hard-core programmers have something to mull over for the mean time, ha.

By: Jeremy Zawodny

Jeremy Zawodny — Thu, 03 May 2007 23:33:44 +0000

Here's my take, John: Thinking About The Strategy Behind Microsoft Silverlight