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Personally, I'd be happy to see less gratuitous Silverlight usage in web apps. I think using it for anything you can accomplish with HTML/CSS/JavaScript is a mi

by Encosia 16y ago

Personally, I'd be happy to see less gratuitous Silverlight usage in web apps. I think using it for anything you can accomplish with HTML/CSS/JavaScript is a mistake; modern-day Java applets and ActiveX controls. I wrote about that a while back, and got a surprisingly positive reaction overall: http://encosia.com/2009/09/14/is-silverlight-the-new-webforms/ http://encosia.com/2009/09/14/is-silverlight-the-new-webform... On the other hand, Silverlight is the development model for Windows Phone 7. That alone ensures its survival for the foreseeable future. Silverlight does excel when it comes to video too. Things like adaptive streaming, DRM[1], hardware acceleration, and fullscreen playback are things HTML5 falls pretty short on. For that matter, HD Silverlight video tends to run significantly smoother than Flash video on my machines. I've never seen any other streaming video that matches some of the full-HD adaptive streams like the Olympics and NFL have delivered with Silverlight. So, I don't think it's reasonable to expect or hope that Silverlight is canceled. I just wish people would stop over-using it for things like LoB apps. [1] Which, good or bad, is a requirement for most premium online video.

evo_9 16y ago
I missed that article, interesting, esp. the response. I haven't followed Windows Phone 7 much - probably not a good sign as I'm a pure c# guy 99% of the time - but that is actually a smart/interesting way to leverage Silverlight. This is similar to Surface, which is (I believe) another variation on Windows Presentation Layer (everywhere). Don't get me wrong, silverlight is compelling to any .net developer because it's pretty easy to pick up and get results fast. I just wish MS would make the web less muddy by NOT adding to the confusing with something that is more or less already handled by Flash. There just isn't any need for it in that space (the web versus win phone 7, surface, etc). In the long run I'm sure you are right, it's not like Silverlight is going to be 'canceled', I just wish they would come to there senses about its use as a web plug-in.

by Encosia 16y ago

evo_9 16y ago

I missed that article, interesting, esp. the response. I haven't followed Windows Phone 7 much - probably not a good sign as I'm a pure c# guy 99% of the time - but that is actually a smart/interesting way to leverage Silverlight. This is similar to Surface, which is (I believe) another variation on Windows Presentation Layer (everywhere). Don't get me wrong, silverlight is compelling to any .net developer because it's pretty easy to pick up and get results fast. I just wish MS would make the web less muddy by NOT adding to the confusing with something that is more or less already handled by Flash. There just isn't any need for it in that space (the web versus win phone 7, surface, etc). In the long run I'm sure you are right, it's not like Silverlight is going to be 'canceled', I just wish they would come to there senses about its use as a web plug-in.