Comments on: Microsoft Says Silverlight Installed More Than Firefox, Safari and Chrome — Combined

By: pie eater

pie eater — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:53:55 +0000

the new silverlight blog doesnt even work with ie6!

By: Elliot Geno

Elliot Geno — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:25:26 +0000

As of June 2009 Adobe reports 86.7% have installed Flash 10. That’s getting pretty close to 90%.

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By: Timothy

Timothy — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:24:56 +0000

I am a site security programmer and project manager. I have programmed in both Silverlight and Flash. You can hide most of your Silverlight code in a “code behind” file like .net. And with the hardware verified DRM (we all love that word) implemented with Silverlight, you don’t have to worry as much about your content wondering off. By the way, DRM is where Silverlight isn’t compatible with other browsers. IE has always been fused with the Windows OS.

As for the numbers given by Microsoft. They have to face the fact that Silverlight isn’t fully compatible with non IE browsers. As a site manager, if you aren’t going to make the investment in flash. You want to know who in the market you are actually going to be missing? And will they use your site in a degraded mode?

In my experience. If you are running a simple site that uses active 2D content, stick with flash for compatibility. However if you are running a site that is displaying active data or streaming DRM, then use Silverlight with .net and Ajax.

By: Timothy

Timothy — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:57:07 +0000

Well John, why don’t you open that MAC of yours and send us a picture of the Intel logo stamped on the chipset. Unless your machine is over 5 years old it’s Intel. While you are at it why don’t you grab an Iphone, Ipod, or older Apple and tell us what “predatory monopolies” make those too. I’ll give you a hint they are all former Ma Bell companies.

By: Bart Czernicki

Bart Czernicki — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:54:41 +0000

It goes a little deeper than that. Silverlight, because it is based on the .NET framework foundation allows you to write any compatible CTS language.

That is pretty important. Everyone looks at this as a VB/C# vs ActionScript. Silverlight also allows you to write in a new functional paradigm using F# (where functions are the first class objects). Want to use a dynamic language?…you can do that as well.

With Flex, you are “forced” to use ActionScript. The problem with that is that use lose flexibility. That is a key difference between Adobe supporting a single language like ActionScript vs .NET Framework which supports statically typed, dynamically typed, functional and OOP languages that can all be used together.

By: iGav

iGav — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:58:54 +0000

Ain’t never gonna install it on my system and will do everything in my power to persuade people not to and also complain to any site that uses the damn thing as the web should be an open system, not littered by proprietary bits of software by known monopolists

By: Antman

Antman — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:42:53 +0000

True! All this nonsense about Flash being on more computers doesn’t really matter. The fact is, IF you have a site that people want to experience, people will download the plugin needed to view your content (as long as the plugin size is acceptable).
If (and that is a BIG if) YouTube switched to Silverlight tomorrow, people would download it so that they could still experience the site without interruption (as long as Silverlight worked as well as Flash and on the same OS platforms as Flash).

The hurdle Microsoft will have is convincing sites to either abandon their Flash investment (development \ design software, SWF assets, training costs, etc) or at least add a Silverlight option to their site.

I currently own Adobe CS4 Master Collection and some Lynda training DVD’s, so my web design/development budget is already spent and I can’t afford to just stop using my new software and get, learn, use another technology right now.

So, the true decision makers in this battle will be the site and content creators.

Make no mistake; Silverlight has HUGE potential in the enterprise market. Using C# or VB.net to create business web applications on a corporate intranet would be a godsend. I have worked in companies that have used java for these intranet apps and there have always been issues. Silverlight would be awesome in that space since there are normally VS developers at these larger corporations.

Professional designers will flock toward Adobe, because they provide the toolsets that caters to them. And VS developers will flock toward Silverlight, because VS is simply the best IDE for developers I have ever seen.

There is room for BOTH Silverlight and Flash in the web world. Both have their strengths and weaknesses. Both companies will compete with each other and try to make their software better than the others. And that IS what I want to see.

Can’t wait to see what Silverlight v4 and Flash v11 will do….

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By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 21 May 2009 03:14:12 +0000

I totally agree… Adobe and Macromedia are too strong together.

By: brian

brian — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:35:08 +0000

next version of silverlight will be in 6 different versions…

silverlight basic,
silverlight home,
silverlight business,
silverlight enterprise,
silverlight datacenter,
silverlight world

http://www.livbit.com

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:22:52 +0000

I installed Silverlight because I was required to for Netflix streaming.

Not because I think oh-golly-gee-Silverlight-rules!

So the real stats should be more focused on which major providers force their users to use Silverlight, rather than total number of users.

The Silverlight Netflix player sucks for me because I can’t get it to cache enough to compensate for my flaky connection.

Whatever the previous player was let me just pause the stream and allow 5 or 10 minutes of content to cache, which would always get me through a movie. Not sure if this is Silverlight’s fault or Netflix for their implementation, but a pref to increase the cache size would be nifty.

By: RD

RD — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:45:03 +0000

Its simple, Visual Studio based developers prefer Silverlight because of the C# coding. Non VS/C# coders prefer Flex because its based on Actionscript.

Developers code in what they are comfortable with. Then the consumers of the content just install whatever player they need to see the latest, baseball, olympics, movies, porn, etc that they need.

Mom and dad don’t care what the player is as long as it works on their Pentium 2 and installs quickly without a reboot.

By: John Dingler, Artist and Patriot

John Dingler, Artist and Patriot — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:03:59 +0000

Well, hmmm, I support legal, i.e., non-predatory monopolies, you know, like ATT or Apple, while not necessarily supporting illegal, i.e., predatory monopolies like, you know, Intel or MS. You too should not fear supporting legal, non-predatory monopolies, and you should demonstrate good citizenship by doing something similar.

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By: Nestiiii

Nestiiii — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:53:01 +0000

fanboi blabla – only trust developers who worked with both – flash and silverlight -I did -> 100% for Silverlight!

By: Nestiiii

Nestiiii — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:47:03 +0000

Amen!
(I’m a sw-developer)

By: XAML Templates

XAML Templates — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:08:53 +0000

Hi, In my opinion silverlight it will have a better future then Adobe Flash, because the simple fact that Silverlight and Windows are made by the same company and the most computers have Windows because it’s easier to use.

By: Robert Kajic

Robert Kajic — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:11:08 +0000

Well, the Twitter app of course.

By: John Dingler, Artist and Patriot

John Dingler, Artist and Patriot — Tue, 19 May 2009 22:09:31 +0000

“Nobody?” Are you sure that you want to debate this over-the-top conclusion? I don’t think so. I say that someone uses a Mac. I present the “Lauren is Given Money for a PC” commercial as evidence that MS thinks that people are buying Macs. Who am I going to believe, Wayne or Microsoft?

By: 'VezqueX

'VezqueX — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:00:01 +0000

But people use Firefox, Safari, and Chrome all day, every day. They only have to use Silverlight every 4 years to watch the Olympics.

By: Jono

Jono — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:58:01 +0000

Why does no one ever mention the fact that Flash simply DOES NOT WORK in 64bit browsers. The way of the future people, the way of the future…

Until Adobe sorts out a decent VM Silverlight will continue to grow. And with WPF using the same markup any new MS developers into the market are going to be able to pick up Silverlight development very quickly.

Actionscript vs. .NET there is no competition.

Don’t get me wrong, I also love flash, but Microsoft is gonna slowly gain market share. I doubt that it will ever replace flash, but there is room for both Silverlight and Flash…