Micorosft unveils Silverlight

[Virtual Coder]

Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications (RIAs) for the Web. [^]

[Chris Maunder]

...because there aren't enough video-based ad-delivery plug-ins in this world...

cheers, Chris Maunder

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[Virtual Coder]

It's intended as Flash-killer? :~

[Chris Meech]

Uhm... I think Flash is doing a pretty good of killing itself, actually. ;P

Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar]

[benjymous]

It's just WPF with a new flashy name. I thought the normal tactic was to use a flashy name during development, then replace it with a dull acronym when it got released?

[Bradml]

Here we go again.......

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Brad Australian - Bradml on "The ADOTD" Hey all, did you just use/read an acronym? Pots it HERE, at the ADOTD[^]

[Marc Clifton]

benjymous wrote:

It's just WPF

Actually, it's WPF/E, which is a subset of WPF. Marc

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[Paul Watson]

Is this WPF/e?

regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

Shog9 wrote:

And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

[Steve Echols]

"Microsoft Silverlight, previously called Windows® Presentation Foundation Everywhere (WPF/E), integrates with existing Web technologies and assets to provide higher-quality experiences with lower costs for media delivery." Great, more technology I'll never use.

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[Pete OHanlon]

Commence ignoring yet another technology now.

Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

[Marc Clifton]

It doesn't support *nix platforms. :~ Marc

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People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

[Marc Clifton]

Pete O`Hanlon wrote:

Commence ignoring yet another technology now.

If you're a web developer, you may not be able to ignore it. Marc

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People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

[Chris Losinger]

4/17/2008 : Microsoft has announced WIMPEL, which will deliver the next generation of rich interactive media experiences across the internet. 4/27/2009 : Microsoft has announced WWVS, which will deliver the next generation of rich interactive media experiences across the internet. 3/21/2010 : Microsoft has announced mVS, which will deliver the next generation of rich interactive media experiences across the internet. ...

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[Chris Maunder]

Many webdevs have done a reasonable job of ignoring Flash over the years. I'm not sure how this is different...

cheers, Chris Maunder

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[Virtual Coder]

Marc Clifton wrote:

It doesn't support *nix platforms.

Well, it's a Microsoft product! What do you expect? :) :-D :laugh:

[Marc Clifton]

Chris Maunder wrote:

Many webdevs have done a reasonable job of ignoring Flash over the years. I'm not sure how this is different...

Because it's Microsoft. And yes, that's a partly flippant answer, but partly not. Marc

Thyme In The Country
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People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

[Marc Clifton]

4/1/2015 : Al Gore, the creator of the Internet, sells the rights to the Internet to Microsoft for $1 trillion. Al says he will invest the money in solar panels. Marc

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People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

[Xiangyang Liu]

Chris Losinger wrote:

4/17/2008 : Microsoft has announced WIMPEL, which will deliver the next generation of rich interactive media experiences across the internet. 4/27/2009 : Microsoft has announced WWVS, which will deliver the next generation of rich interactive media experiences across the internet. 3/21/2010 : Microsoft has announced mVS, which will deliver the next generation of rich interactive media experiences across the internet.

2/10/2011 : Internet is choked to death by all these interactive media technologies from Microsoft. All Microsoft developers commit suicide on the same day. :-D

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[Chris Losinger]

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[Pete OHanlon]

Unless it brings value to our clients, I would not expect to be doing anything with it for a very long time to come. After all, I haven't needed to use Flash so far so I really don't see why I will be using this.

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