> But at least with this route you're swimming with the current and not against it. There's a lot to be said for that. Exactly. It's disappointing how much ti

> But at least with this route you're swimming with the current and not against it. There's a lot to be said for that. Exactly. It's disappointing how much time and effort has been squandered on various abstractions primarily popularized because they gave developers excuses to avoid learning HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. When it comes to Silverlight, it's easy to see how so many devs were tempted to unnecessarily overuse it. Microsoft's PR efforts are often panned, but the Silverlight hype machine was incredibly persuasive. I even questioned my own focus on standards-based development[1] for a few brief moments during conferences like MIX. [1] http://encosia.com/2009/09/14/is-silverlight-the-new-webforms/ http://encosia.com/2009/09/14/is-silverlight-the-new-webform...