Flash vs Silverlight
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- moldero0
Silverlight is the shit!!
yeah,
right.
:p
- Mimio0
It will probably suck performance-wise and be counter-intuitive to work with.
- thirsty0
Nobody messes with MS Solitaire and Minesweeper
Daro
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Lawesome.
- stewart0
layout and design are 100% seperated and the documents are not compiled like flash swfs are and you can change the layout of elements in an external sort of xml file. it sounds better than the medieval css support in flash isn't it?
- skelly_b0
if you're .NET developer it is really nice. Video looks great as well.
But Flash has rolled out some upgrades that I think will keep it well in the lead. The AS3 player is revamped and performs really well. Plus they are rolling in support of H.264 video, which will look great, small file-size, and uses the video card resources.
- ukit0
Yeah forget Silverlight it's headed for the huge compost heap of copycat initiatives that MS has tried and failed.
As for the H.264 codec in Flash 9, can't wait. Check out the samples on Vimeo, it's iTunes quality video in a browser without the clunkiness of Quicktime or WMP.
- jfletcher0
ahhhh, I hate Microsoft, I have no idea what I'm talking about, but I'll jump on the bandwagon. They are evil!!
It must be nice to not have a real opinion.
- ukit0
Yeah, well you can see the wonderful brand MS has created for themselves by reading the posts above...I don't hate the company, in fact I have done consulting work for them in the past. My problem with them is that they have a track record of waiting until the competition does something and then rolling out a derivative version of it...think MSN Soapbox, Wallop, Urge, etc. Of course being MS they can afford to dump several million into a project and not have it go anywhere:)
- OnePixelSolid0
I haven't looked into it too much, but there was a SilverLight stand at the Web Direction South conference. We watched a few demos and to be really honest, it wasn't appealing at all. Maybe it was how they demo'd it, but it seemed way to cryptic... compared to Flash.
- slappy0
I think the whole thing is sort of doomed from the start. Something like this needs to be embraced and implemented in new and creative ways by creative people to even have a chance. Pitty that a lot of creative people would rather be sticking with their adobe suite, especially since the whole photoshop/illustrator/flash work flow has been better setup. I'm also not that keen on handing over control of the animation code to the developers. They tend to make things fit with a "good enough/looks ok to me" attitude.
Personally I'm not all that keen on doing something in a format where all of the mac users who visit the site will have to download a microsoft plugin for their browser when the same thing could be dont in flash and require no popups for the user.
After visiting the silverlight demonstartion sites I can say I havent seen anything yet that couldnt have been built identically in flash.
- jfletcher0
I'm not a huge fan of Silverlight, but I'm not a huge fan of Flash either. Both can be confusing as shit to use. I just don't like the immediate negative reaction. If it were Google who owned Silverlight, we'd be jumping for joy. People should actually use it first. As someone mentioned above, Flash has an 8-10 year jump. Silverlight v.1 isn't going to be a godsend, it will build and get better.
...and yes, MS doesn't jump into new markets, they let others prove it, then take it over (if they can). Thus far, it seems to have proved a pretty smart strategy.
- slappy0
Im only negative becuase its more for me to keep up with as we will end up using it as well as flash. Here the designers are expected to know css, html, actionscript, xml, and basic design releated code such as editing mater pages and server side includes etc on top of keeping up with design apps. Then there are 3D modelling and audio apps that I use on the side.
I know your thinking "dry your eyes princess" but I'm going to spending my life doing refresher courses haha.
- ricomadiko0
To be honest, Flash is far more easier and more mature than Sliverlight... It's good to watch their demo but actually develop something using that runtime is very difficult.
- AndyRoss0
You know, I met Bill Gates once, in the late 1990s. I told him I had the best of worlds, in that I had Microsoft stock, and an Apple computer!
He said, "It's always nice to meet a fellow stockholder."
- monNom0
I'm guessing that this really has nothing to do with graphics, and everything to do with a new RIA development platform. MS was never good at graphics and probably never will be. They are really good at making developers tools though.
If you look at Silverlight as a potential competitor to Flex(which is definitely NOT a graphics package), rather than Flash, then it makes a lot more sense for an MS product.
.NET developers will flock to it for rich interfaces as it'll probably be a really easy migration. Flash will continue to fill it's niche, and Flex/Silverlight will battle for the RIA crown.
You heard it here first.
- flavorful0
We use SilverLight, and may have a Case Study in the near future...
- a_iver0
woah, i remember this thread..