Microsoft Silverlight for Windows 2.0 Beta 2 beta
Publisher's Description:
Microsoft Silverlight (formerly WPF/E) is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications (RIAs) for the Web. It is intended for developers and designers interested in learning more about how to build experiences with Microsoft Silverlight.
Microsoft Silverlight has the following other editions available: Microsoft Silverlight for Mac OS X.
Latest User Reviews:
| Reviewer: | Paradise-FH- | Jun 8, 2008 |
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| Version: | 2.0 Beta 2 | |
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Ah, Betanews, source of wordy news articles and reviewers who have no idea what they're talking about.
First off Silverlight is nearly 3x the download size of Flash player.
How exactly is Silverlight an "advanced alternative" to Flash? It's not. It's trying to move into the same area as Flash but it's still about 4 years behind in that there are fewer components/assets, no MovieClip equivalent [you have to dump everything on the main canvas making a royal mess], video and animation causes anything slower than a core duo to drop frames, no motion paths, no filters (drop shadows, blur, glow, etc.) and probably more stuff I can't remember atm. Then there's Expression Studio which feels like it's about 8 behind Adobe's Creative Suite but that's a whole other story.
It certainly doesn't seem to be easier to code than Flash. Let's see, in Flash we have Actionscript but in Silverlight we have XAML and then either C# or VB.NET. How is knowing two easier than one? It's not.
There are a plethora of amazing RIAs out there for Flash compared to the few that are Silverlight. You will not see photo editing and word processing in Silverlight in the near future. Silverlight isn't some magic bullet that can do anything and why in the world would you want it to either? How about a clever or RIA that helps me prepare for retirement like E*TRADE has (which is built with Flex btw)?
I digress though, Silverlight is good for quickly dumping a skin over some video using Encoder. It's Deep Zoom shows promise.
Do you need it now? No. Will you need it in the future? Maybe.
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| Reviewer: | darkxiiindp | Jun 6, 2008 |
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| Version: | 2.0 Beta 2 | |
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Silverlight is the future of Rich Internet Application (RIA). Its designed from grow up to make application unlike Flash/Flex strong about animation but weak and hard to programing.
From very near future you may see some photo editing, document editing... using silverlight on web.
Edit: On designer view. Flash win. Expression Blend, Design far behind to Adobe CS.
On Programer view. Silverlight win. Actionscript, Flex Builder far behind C#, Visual Studio.
That why Im said silverlight great with RIA.
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| Reviewer: | Zulithe | Jun 6, 2008 |
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| Version: | 2.0 Beta 2 | |
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beta 2 now works in firefox 3. For all you firefox 3 users, a must upgrade.
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| Reviewer: | echohead | Jun 6, 2008 |
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| Version: | 2.0 Beta 2 | |
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silverlight is unnecessary and brings nothing new to the table. all MS did is reverse-engineer existing technologies, and use .NET and proprietary API's to wrap it all up in a nice inefficient package.
yes, MS feels google and adobe tightening the stranglehold on its market share, but it it really too much to ask that they come up with something that doesnt exi?t already.
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