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timw4mail · 07-10-09

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Originally Posted by wierdo124

you had to install a plugin when you got Flash too..

Exactly. I'm not a fan of Flash or Silverlight.

bdattilo · 07-10-09

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Originally Posted by ElMikeTheMike

Same here. I equated it to QuickTime and avoided it like the plague.

I agree with you on avoiding QT, but Silverlight is just plain awesome. It is what Netflix uses to stream, and is what powers the NCAA Tournament March Madness on Demand service. It is a true Flash killer, just is way behind. Plugin size is smaller, compression is better, and it can adjust quality on the fly (which Flash can't). Now with the GPU acceleration, it has a serious leg up technology wise on Flash, and if you look at IT job postings, there are thousands of Silverlight Dev positions that are being created.

timw4mail · 07-10-09

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Originally Posted by bdattilo

I agree with you on avoiding QT, but Silverlight is just plain awesome. It is what Netflix uses to stream, and is what powers the NCAA Tournament March Madness on Demand service. It is a true Flash killer, just is way behind. Plugin size is smaller, compression is better, and it can adjust quality on the fly (which Flash can't). Now with the GPU acceleration, it has a serious leg up technology wise on Flash, and if you look at IT job postings, there are thousands of Silverlight Dev positions that are being created.

Flash had 3d acceleration first.

Flash also 'works' on Linux. (Not always well...but it works), Silverlight does not have a full-featured Linux client. So, of the two, I take Flash.

bdattilo · 07-10-09

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Originally Posted by timw4mail

Flash had 3d acceleration first.

Flash also 'works' on Linux. (Not always well...but it works), Silverlight does not have a full-featured Linux client. So, of the two, I take Flash.

3D Acceleration != GPU offloading. And considering Silverlight has not even been around for 3 years yet, I would not have expected them to make it for a platform with a little over 1% of the market share. With big technologies like this, the "Evaluation Phase" can last up to 5 years to see if it is worth continuing. Once that is through, then roll it out to smaller markets.

Oh yea, I forgot about Moonlight, which has Microsoft support. -> Silverlight for Linux

*VulcanDragon* · 07-10-09

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Originally Posted by wierdo124

Plus i don't even believe MS has even released the SDK for Silverlight. Let alone a program (Like Flash CS4/CS3/8) to code it for you.

Isn't that what Expression Blend is?

And what kind of SDK are you talking about? You can use Visual Studio and any .NET language to create Silverlight apps, right?

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Originally Posted by bdattilo

Oh yea, I forgot about Moonlight, which has Microsoft support. -> Silverlight for Linux

Beat me to it. Not that it matters, anyone running Linux will probably avoid anything Microsoft has anything to do with as a matter of misguided philosophical protest.

trueg50 · 07-10-09

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Originally Posted by bdattilo

I agree with you on avoiding QT, but Silverlight is just plain awesome. It is what Netflix uses to stream, and is what powers the NCAA Tournament March Madness on Demand service. It is a true Flash killer, just is way behind. Plugin size is smaller, compression is better, and it can adjust quality on the fly (which Flash can't). Now with the GPU acceleration, it has a serious leg up technology wise on Flash, and if you look at IT job postings, there are thousands of Silverlight Dev positions that are being created.

Thanks for the info, I didn't realize it had reached that level of use.

Everyone should be applauding Microsoft on this one, Adobe needs as big a kick in the butt as possible. Their slowness in patching security holes (at least in Adobe reader/Pro) is horrid. A company in this day and age should never utter the words "No future plans to fix this hole" when referring to a security hole. Thats just down right criminal.

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