“Silverlight was now primarily the development platform for Windows Phone 7, but more cross-platform efforts would rely on the more universal standard,” Electronista reports. “Muglia stressed to ZDNet that Silverlight would still run on Macs and (indirectly) Linux systems, but HTML5 was the only guarantee of support for the iPhone and Pad. ‘HTML is the only true cross platform solution for everything, including [the] iOS platform,’ he said.”
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@mossman: This is true. However, the alternative… HTML5 is still in draft… and businesses fear “beta” more than anything else.
@KingMel: That’s a GREAT example of when NOT to use Silverlight.
Public facing websites (unless they’re to a specialized audience) should use HTML.
A well-constructed application will have a strong Data Tier and Business Logic Tier/Middle tier. You should be able to quickly hang a variety of interfaces on it.
There are things that are still quite difficult to do with HTML. Silverlight makes Rapid App Development possible.
HTML5 is still in draft. Last I heard, it wasn’t going to be ratified for several years… 2022 is the best guess.
Apart from cutting edge websites and Video, HTML5 just isn’t mature enough, and won’t be for a while… for MOST Line of Business Applications.
There are business applications that are still running COBOL. Silverlight is a pretty good solution for developers that are building thin-client applications on a strong middle tier. It will remain so for some time.
What Silverlight WON’T do is become the next flash. I don’t think it was ever intended to. MS is, at its root, a developer-friendly company.
Apple is a consumer-friendly company that allows people to make money. That’s what has drawn the developers.
The next 10 years will be a very interesting time.
@mossman: This is true. However, the alternative… HTML5 is still in draft… and businesses fear “beta” more than anything else.
@KingMel: That’s a GREAT example of when NOT to use Silverlight.
Public facing websites (unless they’re to a specialized audience) should use HTML.
A well-constructed application will have a strong Data Tier and Business Logic Tier/Middle tier. You should be able to quickly hang a variety of interfaces on it.
There are things that are still quite difficult to do with HTML. Silverlight makes Rapid App Development possible.
HTML5 is still in draft. Last I heard, it wasn’t going to be ratified for several years… 2022 is the best guess.
Apart from cutting edge websites and Video, HTML5 just isn’t mature enough, and won’t be for a while… for MOST Line of Business Applications.
There are business applications that are still running COBOL. Silverlight is a pretty good solution for developers that are building thin-client applications on a strong middle tier. It will remain so for some time.
What Silverlight WON’T do is become the next flash. I don’t think it was ever intended to. MS is, at its root, a developer-friendly company.
Apple is a consumer-friendly company that allows people to make money. That’s what has drawn the developers.
The next 10 years will be a very interesting time.
The reports of Silverlight’s death have been greatly exaggerated
HTML 5 does not replace plugins, and Microsoft certainly is not abandoning the beachhead they have worked so hard to establish : http://goo.gl/o5wB