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06 Sep taken from my personal blog...neodigitalist:
Microsoft Silverlight, for those not familar with the new development environment, is a new platform that provides a basis to create graphical and event driven web applications, similar to the ones that Adobe Flash allows. It’s key selling point is that it provides desktop functionality online.
For those less techie types like me - put simply, it makes for a more interactive and intuitive web experience than ever before. One of the first applications released using the Silverlight platform is the Tafiti search service which i blogged about recently. Some other apps worth checking out are the Microsoft Popfly
Microsoft’s chief software architect Ray Ozzie summed up Microsoft’s vision and plans with the Silverlight release “Our expectations for compelling, immersive experiences on the Web are increasing daily…With today’s release of Silverlight 1.0, we’re making it possible for developers and designers to deliver to individuals the kind of high-def experiences they crave by integrating data and services in rich and unique ways. Silverlight will further accelerate the growth in rich interactive applications by giving developers and designers new options for delivering great experiences that span the Web, PC, phone and other devices.” Silverlight provides cross browser support on Windows, MacOS and suprisingly (but commendably so) on Linux thanks to a partnership with Novell. This will keep developers from all backgrounds happy and more importantly for Microsoft will encourage quicker adoption of the environment What can I say - high definition rich interactive media that’s fast to download and captivating - it’s a digital marketers dream. Developers - start your engines!!!
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October 2007 "put simply, it makes for a more interactive and intuitive web experience than ever before."
This is simply not true! Silverlight doesn't even start to come close to Flash in terms of interactivity, ubiquity, or user experience. Lets keep things in perspective...
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October 2007 Fair point Matt - "makes for a more interactive and intuitive web experience than ever before" is probably a bit OTT. Being a marketer i love bells and whistles...and some of the early developments using Silverlight are quite impressive (nothing to do with M$ hype).
Given that it's only just been launched, it's understandable that its penetration is <1% (if that's true) - early adopters are probably the only ones exploring it so far. I'm sure Adobe AIR (which BTW is 9Mb) will be a truer comparison to Silverlight...let's just hope that for the sake of users - both companies push the boundaries of interactivity....that's what it's all about... Reply
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November 2007 Rene, just to clarify - comparing AIR to Silverlight is not exactly comparing apples with apples.
Silverlight is a browser based runtime (plug-in) similar to Flash Player. AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) is a desktop based runtime similar to the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). At the end of the day though it's the interactive developers/designers who push the technology boundaries. Adobe and Microsoft are merely the tool manufacturers. Matt Voerman Adobe Pacific Reply
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