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- Mimio0
Ubiquity and support won't be a problem for PC users. They'll probably install it without asking.
- I doubt it, given the shit MS have gone through with bundling other software over the years.detritus
- Ugh. I swear I installed Vista on a new laptop I got, and it crashes every time I load it up.********
- If I went to www.mozilla.org in IE it would crash... and couldn't read my graphics card, haha.********
- All problems stemming from their Service Pack, I've had no problems with this laptop.********
- Point50
I personally haven't touched Silverlight, but it seems to me that some developers are using it for client requested reasons only... i.e.: project for Microsoft that requires some Flash-like animations
- ********0
My company chose it over Flash, mainly because we're in bed with Microsoft and they like to cater to us (and vice versa) and secondly because we program exclusively with Visual Studio so this was a natural progression and didn't seem to scare most of our developers like Flash did... *gunshot to crotch*.
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I of course haven't touched Silverlight because I'm not a real programmer, I just get paid like one for some reason.
- acescence0
i can't take any developer seriously that wants to use microsoft tools for web development.
- ********0
No offense taken because I'm not using Frontpage to do Web Development, haha.
I still do CSS and all that shit by hand (I never liked how DW formatted everything... ehhyuck), but to actual build in-depth databases that hold gigabytes of information and the like, and then grabbing the information out ... yea ... sorry MySQL/PHP doesn't cut it. :D
- Also, I do use Ajax/Ruby and the like. Most of the things I use MS for is for actual data housing/retrieval and the like.********
- I said "and the like" three times in this post and note ... I'm going to go jump out my window now.********
- yeah for GBs of data, i'd use oracle and python. haha, sorry, couldn't resist!acescence
- you got my last email flav?Meeklo
- Der, sorry pal looking at it now.********
- Also, I do use Ajax/Ruby and the like. Most of the things I use MS for is for actual data housing/retrieval and the like.
- Seanbot0
It's a waste of time and money. For what we can build in Silverlight in three months we can do it in two weeks in Flash/Flex.
- It's certainly a waste of time and money to some companies, and not others... which is why they developed this, haha.********
- this, haha.********
- It's certainly a waste of time and money to some companies, and not others... which is why they developed this, haha.
- fugged0
What I can't stand, is when management types get a hard-on for Microsoft and then decide that a Microsoft product is better than another parties and make a "business" decision to change platforms. Fuck that.
There's nothing worse than some shitbag suit that knows fuck all about technology telling you what tools to use because they think they understand web design and development.
Sorry for the rant. I guess the email I just got requiring me to attend a Silverlight propoganda seminar has my panties in a bind.
Seriosuly though, our project manager has a "friend" who owns a development company that is strictly a Microsoft shop and therefore is making us attend his friends seminar on why Silverlight is better than Flash. I'm gonna show up with a Flash t-shirt. Fuckers!
ranting complete. kthxbye...
- kult0
Sigh. It's extremely sad how little so many of you know about Silverlight. I'll always be a Flash lover, but Silverlight has absolutely incredible potential and literally offers one of the best programming environments possible for serious developers.
Blindly hate on MS, but please do your research.
- fugged0
You missed my point... I'm glad you like Silverlight and are happy using it. Did you make that decision, or was it made for you?
Your logic that a dislike for Silverlight means a lack of knowledgeable about it, is shite. I don't blindly hate on MS. I choose the tool that works best for the project and the tool I like developing in. 99% of the time, it's not Microsoft.
Blindly make accusations, but please use your head.
- seed0
I would this this is more geared toward .NET developers.
- ********0
is it bad, because MS did that? Touch before judge it...few years ago you had to install flash, but now flash is something normal. People start thinking, it doesn't hurt...
- mikotondria30
Someone who knows: Please tell me what it can do that flash can't...that's all I want/need to know.
Once I know that, then that's something extra I can sell to clients.
That's the bottom line - what can it do, that will make out clients go 'oohh!' and pay us to build. That's all anyone cares about.
- Mimio0
If anyone whose familiar working with Silverlight in Sharepoint server that can point me to some good resources I would be grateful. Looking to make some streamline controls and webparts.
- doesnotexist0
netflix uses it
- akoni0
its core is better than flash... c#.. and architected better.. just shitty ide's (not that flash is great.. for a developer at least).. and components are still amateur
- maximillion_0
all the flash devs i know just laugh at it and they arent flash fan-boys. AS3 is an amaziing lang now especially with AIR etc. im not sure how far you have been with AS kult but I would be extremely surprised that SL can do much better in terms of end product and dev time
- maximillion_0
which IDEs do you use akoni?
- tectmate,eclipse,fle... builder...etc.. and flash at times.. want to try intelli-jakoni
- Llyod0
ms has like 40k developers. they're bound to do something right eventually.
- kult0
Silverlight isn't meant to replace Flash, max & miko, that's where you're approaching it incorrectly.
I'd like to see any of these "flash guys who laugh at it" - anyone who confines their entire programming toolset to Actionscript is already a joke. Silverlight is a competent and awesome platform, but it has its uses, as does Flash.
- Llyod0
yeah it is meant to replace flash. if not what is it meant to do?