Micorosft unveils Silverlight

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.......

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?

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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.

- S 50 cups of coffee and you know it's on!

Pete OHanlon

Commence ignoring yet another technology now.

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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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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

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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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Dan Neely

Marc Clifton wrote:

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

So the E stands for eviscerated?

-- CleaKO The sad part about this instance is that none of the users ever said anything [about the problem]. Pete O`Hanlon Doesn't that just tell you everything you need to know about users?

Xiangyang Liu

Marc Clifton wrote:

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.

Sorry, I think you missed an important news in 2011 (see below). By 2015, internet is only worth a handful of dollars. Post Office, however, becomes the new Microsoft. :-D

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Rajesh R Subramanian

Marc Clifton wrote:

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.

Hey! You made me spurt the tea out of my nose. :laugh: :laugh:

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