Comments on: Microsoft’s Silverlight, end of Flash supremacy? http://segala.com/blog/microsofts-silverlight-end-of-flash-supremacy/ Enabling a Reliable, Consistent and Trusted Experience Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:35:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Paul Walsh http://segala.com/blog/microsofts-silverlight-end-of-flash-supremacy/#comment-31963 Paul Walsh Wed, 16 May 2007 15:29:45 +0000 http://segala.com/blog/microsofts-silverlight-end-of-flash-supremacy/#comment-31963 Caroline - in a nutshell; I think and hope it will give flash a run for it's money. I personally hate flash based upon its reliance on browser compatibly. I look forward to when Silverlight doesn't rely on JavaScript. Caroline - in a nutshell; I think and hope it will give flash a run for it’s money. I personally hate flash based upon its reliance on browser compatibly. I look forward to when Silverlight doesn’t rely on JavaScript.

]]> By: Caroline http://segala.com/blog/microsofts-silverlight-end-of-flash-supremacy/#comment-31940 Caroline Wed, 16 May 2007 14:01:25 +0000 http://segala.com/blog/microsofts-silverlight-end-of-flash-supremacy/#comment-31940 I am interested to know if people out there think this really is a rival to Flash. It seems a big statement as Flash has years of experience ahead of it. Do we think this is just Microsoft PR, or is there actually some substance behind it all? I am interested to know if people out there think this really is a rival to Flash. It seems a big statement as Flash has years of experience ahead of it. Do we think this is just Microsoft PR, or is there actually some substance behind it all?

]]> By: Kamrul http://segala.com/blog/microsofts-silverlight-end-of-flash-supremacy/#comment-31858 Kamrul Wed, 16 May 2007 12:25:33 +0000 http://segala.com/blog/microsofts-silverlight-end-of-flash-supremacy/#comment-31858 Thanks Iain for your valuable input. Silverlight obviously superior than flash in terms of inter portability. But while Silverlight does interact with JavaScript -- the component of AJAX that is known to be vulnerable to XSS attacks. So security will be scarce up until inclusion of the Common Language Runtime. Thanks Iain for your valuable input. Silverlight obviously superior than flash in terms of inter portability.

But while Silverlight does interact with JavaScript — the component of AJAX that is known to be vulnerable to XSS attacks. So security will be scarce up until inclusion of the Common Language Runtime.

]]> By: Iain http://segala.com/blog/microsofts-silverlight-end-of-flash-supremacy/#comment-31800 Iain Wed, 16 May 2007 08:47:06 +0000 http://segala.com/blog/microsofts-silverlight-end-of-flash-supremacy/#comment-31800 Hi there, yes we've been working with it for while so hopefully there's a little to add - although we haven't bitten the device independent navigation bullet just yet. The first thing it offers us is a massive amount more control of the presentation layer around video, along with the inherent benefits of the Windows Media Format and streaming rather than the impractically expensive Flash streaming. The old WMP takes a while to load up the stack and get going but Silverlight makes the whole experience, and your control of it far, far better. Making it actually work on a Mac is a massive boost and my army of friends with Macs might actually consider something other than Quicktime. The first version that's in Beta now is Silverlight 1.0, which relies on JavaScript in the browser and is focussed more on media delivery than more advanced applications, is set for full release in the summer. Version 1.1 is more exciting for the techies because of its inclusion of the Common Language Runtime and the ability to build applications using .NET rather than Javascript but will likely take till the end of the year to materialise. From a ui point of view there's a lot more you can do with video, you can pretty much treat it like any other screen element - there's even a brush which allows you to 'paint' with the video. I haven't seen a lot of useful applications of this yet but there was an amusing demo at Mix07 where they broke down a live stream of the audience like a jigsaw puzzle where you could drag the pieces around as you please... :) There's also pretty simple interaction with the media content itself - you can access the timeline simply and use that to interact with other elements on the page which opens up plenty of opportunities... Run out of time.. must dash... Iain... Hi there, yes we’ve been working with it for while so hopefully there’s a little to add - although we haven’t bitten the device independent navigation bullet just yet. The first thing it offers us is a massive amount more control of the presentation layer around video, along with the inherent benefits of the Windows Media Format and streaming rather than the impractically expensive Flash streaming. The old WMP takes a while to load up the stack and get going but Silverlight makes the whole experience, and your control of it far, far better. Making it actually work on a Mac is a massive boost and my army of friends with Macs might actually consider something other than Quicktime.

The first version that’s in Beta now is Silverlight 1.0, which relies on JavaScript in the browser and is focussed more on media delivery than more advanced applications, is set for full release in the summer. Version 1.1 is more exciting for the techies because of its inclusion of the Common Language Runtime and the ability to build applications using .NET rather than Javascript but will likely take till the end of the year to materialise.

From a ui point of view there’s a lot more you can do with video, you can pretty much treat it like any other screen element - there’s even a brush which allows you to ‘paint’ with the video. I haven’t seen a lot of useful applications of this yet but there was an amusing demo at Mix07 where they broke down a live stream of the audience like a jigsaw puzzle where you could drag the pieces around as you please… :) There’s also pretty simple interaction with the media content itself - you can access the timeline simply and use that to interact with other elements on the page which opens up plenty of opportunities… Run out of time.. must dash…

Iain…

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