2 ms·
For a .net developer, using silverlight to tie into things they already have makes a lot more sense than flash which would result in a somewhat parallel code ba
by robryan 16y ago
For a .net developer, using silverlight to tie into things they already have makes a lot more sense than flash which would result in a somewhat parallel code base in something completely different.
I guess if silverlight was the accepted plugin and flash was the newer player your feelings would be reversed.
- jasonkester 16y agoAh, but as developers our opinions don't matter at all. It's all about what our end-users want, and they clearly don't wan't to install Silverlight. The fact that it's 10x easier for me as a C# guy to write my thing against Silverlight has exactly zero bearing on my decision to build a product in it. Users won't install it, so it's just bad business to build software for it. And yes, naturally, if the other thing was the accepted thing, I would be happy to accept it and not the other one. Like I say, there's no bias against one or the other. I (and seemingly everybody) simply don't want both.
- robryan 16y agoI guess in a way it's aimed at enterprise custom stuff, a company running a .NET app can get it turned into a web app far cheaper with silverlight. That's the only place I have been exposed to it while interning. I personally wouldn't use it for anything but am happy to install the plugin as long as it doesn't noticeably degrade performance.