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Comment on Silverlight Only at Utah Code Camp by Joseph Scott

Joseph Scott — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:54:38 +0000

It’s nice that they have a plugin for Linux users, but that doesn’t change the core problem with building an entire site that is dependent on a plugin.

Comment on Silverlight Only at Utah Code Camp by Joseph Scott

Joseph Scott — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:49:00 +0000

Even the microsoft.com site works without the Silverlight plugin.

Comment on Silverlight Only at Utah Code Camp by Mark Leon

Mark Leon — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:18:13 +0000

Kevin,

The mono team has created a Silverlight plugin for Linux users called moonlight. The last time I played with it, it was more feature rich than its Microsoft Windows sibling.

Comment on Silverlight Only at Utah Code Camp by Laura Moncur

Laura Moncur — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:42:10 +0000

Amen to that, buddy!

I would have understood if it was a Microsoft Developers event, but CodeCamp?! What were they thinking?!

Comment on Silverlight Only at Utah Code Camp by Angelo Mandato

Angelo Mandato — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:00:06 +0000

I completely agree with you.

Comment on Silverlight Only at Utah Code Camp by Joseph Scott

Joseph Scott — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:29:18 +0000

Or anyone that doesn’t have Silverlight installed, which includes many Windows users as well. I really don’t know what they were thinking. What makes this even more frustrating is that this is from a group that is supposed to be technically savvy.

Comment on Silverlight Only at Utah Code Camp by Joseph Scott

Joseph Scott — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:27:25 +0000

This isn’t about added complexity, it’s about locking up an entire site behind one required plugin. WIthout the Silverlight plugin the Utah Code Camp web site essentially doesn’t exist.

I made the comparison to Flash because I ran into many people over the years who wanted to build entire sites out of Flash. Same problem, different plugin.

Comment on Silverlight Only at Utah Code Camp by Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:16:42 +0000

I got that email too. Shame it seems they don’t want any attendees who use Linux.

Comment on Silverlight Only at Utah Code Camp by Angelo Mandato

Angelo Mandato — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:30:23 +0000

Silverlight is not Flash, they have some overlapping features, but both have some features that are not present in the other. I agree with you though, Air/Flex/Flash/Silverlight/Java/SVG/Google Gears all add to the complexity of web browsing. They certainly do not belong in email.

What’s more interesting is Adobe is starting to move away from Flash, they’ve abandoned SVG and Google is phasing out Gears. Microsoft is now a hosting mirror for jQuery and I suspect Java/MySQL are no longer important assets to Oracle. It’s going to be quite interesting to see how things play out over the next couple of years.

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